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title: Elaine Mandel
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![Elaine Mandel](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Mandel-Elaine-web_b6f56b4b0158214ae745124f300c3899.jpg)

# Elaine Mandel

Judge Elaine Mandel was appointed to the bench in 2009, after handling plaintiff’s civil cases for 17 years. She served on the boards of CAALA, LACBA and the Women Lawyers of Los Angeles. She sits in an independent calendar court in Santa Monica.

### Articles written by this author:

## [Tips from the bench for handling motor-vehicle cases](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-august/tips-from-the-bench-for-handling-motor-vehicle-cases "Tips from the bench for handling motor-vehicle cases")

Newly filed MV accident cases are being assigned to independent calendar courts; judges may have different protocols for handling these cases

[Elaine Mandel](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/elaine-mandel "Elaine Mandel")

[2023 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-august)

[![The Independent Calendar Court experience](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Mandel-istock-2231761077_c32914b34ae164365d7bfa83a1c61d78.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-november/the-independent-calendar-court-experience "The Independent Calendar Court experience")

## [The Independent Calendar Court experience](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-november/the-independent-calendar-court-experience "The Independent Calendar Court experience")

My case has been sent out of the PI Hub to an Independent Calendar Court. Now what?

[Elaine Mandel](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/elaine-mandel "Elaine Mandel")

[2025 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-november)