{"id":30632,"date":"2022-04-11T17:11:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T17:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/?p=30632"},"modified":"2022-04-11T17:11:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T17:11:01","slug":"halim-dhanidina-former-justice-for-the-california-court-of-appeal-has-joined-noted-criminal-defense-firm-werksman-jackson-quinn-llp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/11\/halim-dhanidina-former-justice-for-the-california-court-of-appeal-has-joined-noted-criminal-defense-firm-werksman-jackson-quinn-llp\/","title":{"rendered":"Halim Dhanidina, former justice for the California Court of Appeal, has joined noted criminal defense firm Werksman Jackson &#038; Quinn LLP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"pull-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;Justice Dhanidina is an icon in the California legal community whose reputation and skill is unparalleled&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"shareIt(this,'Tweet','Release Body')\" data-tweet-text=\"&quot;Justice Dhanidina is an icon in the California legal community whose reputation and skill is unparalleled...&quot;\" data-twitter-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/halim-dhanidina-former-justice-for-the-california-court-of-appeal-has-joined-noted-criminal-defense-firm-werksman-jackson--quinn-llp-301522915.html\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<i class=\"fab fab-twitter mr-sm\"\/>Tweet this<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;He knows how to try a case, he knows juries, and he clearly knows the courts.\u00a0 His addition to the Firm will significantly benefit our clients as Werksman Jackson continues to represent some of the most consequential matters in the country,&#8221; added partner <span class=\"xn-person\">Alan Jackson<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Dhanidina joins Werksman Jackson after serving the public for over 23 years, first as a prosecutor, where he prosecuted felony cases for the elite Hardcore Gang and <span class=\"xn-person\">Major Crimes<\/span> division, handling numerous high-profile cases including 7 capital cases, then as a justice for the\u00a0 <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> Court of Appeal, where he heard over 800 appeals, and later presided over 70 jury trials as a Los Angeles\u00a0 County Superior Court Judge.\u00a0 Dhanidina is the first Muslim to be appointed judge in the state of California.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After devoting 23 years of my career to service in the criminal courts as a prosecutor, judge, and appellate justice, I can think of no better place to apply the unique skill set I have developed than Werksman Jackson and Quinn,&#8221; said Dhanidina.\u00a0 &#8220;Their reputation for excellence in criminal practice and exemplary quality of their advocacy drew me to join their partnership and inspires me to advance the firm&#8217;s place as the premier defense practice in the state if not the nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Justice Dhanidina<\/span> serves as an\u00a0 Independent Director on the Board of Fidelity National Financial Group (FNF) and is a consultant for the venture capital firm CerraCap Ventures. He also volunteers as a board member for the non-profit organization Muslim-Jewish NewGround, and he serves on the Advisory Boards of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association, South Asian Bar Association and Asian Americans Advancing Justice and is a member of the Foundation Board and Board of Trustees of the Orange County School of the Arts. He is also an adjunct professor of law at the <span class=\"xn-org\">University of California at Los Angeles<\/span>, the <span class=\"xn-org\">University of California at Irvine<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-org\">Chapman University<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Dhanidina was a founding member of APABA-LA and has received the South Asian Network&#8217;s Community Empowerment Award, the Muslim Public Affairs Council Foundation&#8217;s Community Leadership Award, the Muslim Legal Fund of America&#8217;s Trailblazer in Justice Award, and the South Asian Bar Association Foundation&#8217;s Trailblazer Award. <span class=\"xn-person\">Justice Dhanidina<\/span> was recognized by the California State Assembly in Special Resolution 1470 for his contributions to the legal profession, and he is also a recipient of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Daniel K. Inouye Trailblazer Award.<\/p>\n<p>He received his Juris Doctor in 1997 from the UCLA School of Law in <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span> after receiving his Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from <span class=\"xn-location\">Pomona<\/span> University in <span class=\"xn-location\">Claremont<\/span>. Dhandina joins the firm after heading the trial practice group at Umberg Zipser LLP.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For all media inquiries please contact <span class=\"xn-person\">Juda Engelmayer<\/span>, President, HeraldPR, 212-220-3898 EXT. 700, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#1b516e7f7a5b737e697a777f6b6935787476\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"f3b9869792b39b9681929f978381dd909c9e\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE Werksman Jackson &amp; Quinn LLP<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=NY19522&amp;Transmission_Id=202204111300PR_NEWS_USPR_____NY19522&amp;DateId=20220411\" style=\"border: 0.0px;width: 1.0px;height: 1.0px;\"\/><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/halim-dhanidina-former-justice-for-the-california-court-of-appeal-has-joined-noted-criminal-defense-firm-werksman-jackson--quinn-llp-301522915.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] &#8220;Justice Dhanidina is an icon in the California legal community whose reputation and skill&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cj-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30634,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30632\/revisions\/30634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}