Division Two: JUSTICE MICHAEL G. NOTT

Justice Nott is married and has five adult children. He graduated from Banning High (Wilmington), Occidental College, and the University of Southern California Law School.

On summers and weekends during college and law school, Justice Nott captained sportfishing vessels off the southern California coast. After serving in the U.S. Army, he began the practice of law. He was a partner in the same firm for 19 years. That firm produced four other judges.

Justice Nott is a member of the California Judges Association. He has been a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of California, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Justice Nott has been president of the Long Beach Barristers and has been on the Board of Directors of the Long Beach Bar Association. He also served as a volunteer hearing officer for the California State Bar Disciplinary Board from 1976 to 1985.

Justice Nott was appointed by Governor George Deukmejian to the Municipal Court in 1985, to the Superior Court in 1987, and to the District Court of Appeal in 1990.

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