The
Bel Air Hotel
was the venue
for the installation
ball. Los Angeles
Dodgers Manager
Tommy Lasorda
attracted an overflow
crowd. Speakers
at other meetings
included Lieutenant
Gov. Mike Curb,
U.S. Attorney
Steven Trott of
the Central District
of California,
and City Attorney
Ira Reiner. Two
annual events
began: Marco Polo
Night, held in
conjunction with
the Chinese American
Lawyers (now with
the added participation
of the Japanese
American bar),
and a joint meeting
with the Irish
American Bar Assn.
(now known as
"Gaelic and
Garlic Night").
1983
Year
7
President:
Bruce
Sottile
Chief
Justice Rose Bird
was the year's
installing officer.
The president,
Bruce Sottile,
did not complete
his one-year term.
In September,
he and IALA member
Joe Riggio were
appointed to the
bench, Sottile
to the Superior
Court and Riggio
to the Los Angeles
Municipal Court.
President-Elect
Larry Crispo filled
out Sottile's
term. Speakers
included County
Supervisor Mike
Antonovich, District
Attorney Robert
Philibosian, and
Los Angeles Times
sports columnist
Jim Murray. The
Alfred Peracca
Scholarship was
established in
the memory of
the retired Superior
Court judge.
1984
Year
8
President:
Lawrence
Crispo
The
Bonaventure Hotel
was the site of
the installation
ball. IALA logo
cuff links were
presented to the
association's
three life members,
August Carloni,
Paul Caruso, and
George West Sr.
Among the speakers
were U.S. Attorney
Robert Bonner
of the Central
District of California,
California Supreme
Court Justice
Armand Arabian,
and Los Angeles
Police Chief Daryl
Gates. At a joint
meeting with the
Langston Bar Assn.,
Superior Court
Judge Billy G.
Mills spoke. Marco
Polo Night was
enlivened by the
singing of IALA
President Larry
Crispo.
1985
Year
9
President:
Phil
Bartenetti
The
IALA returned
to the Friar's
Club for its installation
ball. Speakers
included legal
writer Bernard
Witkin, Ninth
U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals Judge
Arthur Alarcon,
state Sen. William
Campbell, and
Los Angeles City
Attorney James
Hahn. Mayor Tom
Bradley was on
hand at Marco
Polo Night.
1986
Year
10
President:
William
Tortu
California
Supreme Court
Justice Edward
Panelli served
the first of several
stints as installing
officer. Speakers
included retired
California Supreme
Court Justice
Otto Kaus and
Los Angeles City
Councilman Zev
Yaroslavsky.
