Breakfast at the Bar: Judging Summary Judgment: Best Practices From a Judicial Perspective

Gregory Weingart is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson. His practice focuses on representation of clients in complex civil litigation, particularly trials, white collar criminal defense and internal investigations. Mr. Weingart is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for commercial litigation and white collar criminal defense, selected for inclusion in the Southern California Super Lawyers? list for white collar criminal defense, and in recognition of his exceptional work for clients, has previously been named by BTI Consulting in its corporate General Counsel survey as a Client Service All-Star. Mr. Weingart is the co-author of a chapter in the ABA’s Internal Corporate Investigations handbook regarding the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

In 1995, Mr. Weingart temporarily left the firm and took on the position as an assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, serving as the chief of the office’s major frauds section and head of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force. As a federal prosecutor, Mr. Weingart successfully tried numerous complicated fraud and other cases to verdict and argued frequently before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Mr. Weingart twice received the prestigious Director’s Award from the Department of Justice for superior performance and was a frequent lecturer at the department’s National Advocacy Center and regulators such as the SEC and NASD on the investigation and prosecution of corporate and securities fraud. He rejoined Munger Tolles in 2004.

Mr. Weingart is also active in the community. Among other things, he serves on the board of directors for Mental Health Advocacy Services, a local non-profit organization, and on the executive committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Litigation Section.

Barbara Marie Scheper is a judge for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California.[1] She was re-elected in 2014 for a term that expires in January of 2021.

Scheper received her B.A. from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and her J.D. from University of Notre Dame.

Marc R. Marmaro is a judge for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California. He was appointed by former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on June 30, 2010. Marmaro was automatically re-elected in 2012 and his current term will expire in 2019.

Marmaro received a bachelor's degree from George Washington University and a J.D. from New York University.

Holly E. Kendig is a judge for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California. She was appointed by former governor Gray Davis in September 2003. Kendig was automatically re-elected in 2012 and her current term will expire in 2019.

Kendig received her bachelor's degree from DePauw University in 1969, her master's degree from Tufts University, and her J.D. from Yale University. Kendig taught as a history teacher for two years before attending law school