The Honorable Halim Dhanidina is a Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge, currently assigned to hear criminal cases in the Los Angeles Superior Court in Long Beach. Prior to his current position, Judge Dhanidina was a Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County for 14 years, prosecuting cases for the elite Hardcore Gang and Major Crimes Divisions before serving in the District Attorney’s Special Operations Administration. Among his 52 felony jury trials were 25 murder cases, including 7 death penalty prosecutions. As an attorney, Judge Dhanidina served as a board member for the Asian Pacific American and South Asian Bar Associations. He previously taught Criminal Law as an adjunct professor at the Glendale University College of Law.
via https://www.law.whittier.edu/index/meet-the-faculty/profile/Halim-Dhanidina
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Halim Dhanidina, 39, of Los Angeles, has served as a deputy district attorney in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office since 1998. He earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pomona College. He fills the vacancy created by the conversion of a court commissioner position. Dhanidina is a Democrat. According to the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Dhanidina will be the first American-Muslim judge ever appointed in California.
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