| | David B. Finkel, Judge of the Superior Court (Ret.), Vice ChairDavid B. Finkel, Judge of the Superior Court (Ret.), Vice Chair
 David B. Finkel, Judge of the Superior Court (Ret.), a resident of Santa Monica for 44 years, was elected to the Board of Trustees in November 2006.
Finkel has had a long and distinguished career in public service and education. He is a retired judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court and a former judge and presiding judge of the Santa Monica Municipal Court. He also served on the Santa Monica City Council and as mayor pro tem.
Upon retiring from the bench in 2002, he served as an arbitrator and mediator for six years. Until his election to the SMC Board of Trustees, he was an adjunct professor of political science at the college, teaching U.S. and California government and politics with an emphasis on constitutional law. Since fall 2008, he has resumed teaching that course as a volunteer. He is also a volunteer tutor at the SMC Counseling Center in English and Social Sciences. He is also a former faculty member of the California Judges College, teaching judicial ethics and fairness, and was a member of the Ethics Committee of the California Judges Association.
He received his B.A. from the University of Chicago and his J.D. from the University of Southern California School of Law.
He has been married to Bruria Finkel, an artist, for 43 years and is the father of four children, all educated in Santa Monica public schools. He has four grandchildren, three of whom attend Santa Monica public schools and the fourth, of whom is 3 years old.
e-mail to: finkel_david@smc.edu
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