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Los Angeles County Superior Court — Van Nuys Courthouse East, Department B (Judge Elaine W. Mandel): Courtroom Information

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesCourtroom Information, Van Nuys Courthouse East, Department B, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/NW/courtrooms/B/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Department B's courtroom information (Van Nuys Courthouse East): ADA requests; alternative dispute resolution (the Mediation Volunteer Panel, the Mediation Center of Los Angeles referral program, Resolve Law LA virtual mandatory settlement conferences); case management conferences; continuances; court reporters; courtesy and civility; CourtConnect; courtesy copies (accepted, not required); discovery disputes (an informal discovery conference before any discovery motion); ex parte applications and requests for temporary restraining orders or preliminary injunctions (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.); interpreters; jury fees (posted no later than 30 days before trial); lodging depositions; mandatory settlement conferences; mini-opening statements; motions (daily at 8:30 a.m.; reserved on the Court Reservation System); motions to withdraw as counsel; notices of related cases; opening statements and exhibits; objections at trial; proposed orders; remote appearances; self-represented litigants; settlements; tentative rulings; trial and final status conference scheduling (trials typically Monday at 9:00 a.m., final status conferences on Fridays, 10 days before); and the final status conference orders (the documents e-filed five court days before, and binders).

Applies to

California > Second Appellate District > Los Angeles County > Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles > Van Nuys Courthouse East > Department B

Source of truth

SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY VAN NUYS DEPT. B JUDGE ELAINE MANDEL COURTROOM INFORMATION Telephone Number: (818) 901-4614 Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.; 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Judicial Assistant: Peter Boyadzhyan Courtroom Assistant: Gayan Mikayelyan ADA REQUESTS: Complete the online form requesting Accommodations at www.lacourt.ca.gov. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION: MEDIATION VOLUNTEER P

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles — Courtroom Information (courtroom information sheets)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 29, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 29, 2026benchpath-ca-t3-los-angeles-2026-09-29

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-29 (California T3 Los Angeles build 2026-09-29) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-los-angeles/dept/CourtroomInformation_NW_B.pdf (1213405 bytes, sha256 372c16ccf50472c900f6dc2bfe6e347c9ad7ac8e117cc6556daf4c4d5b92c03e; 4 pages) - pages 1 to 4 (page scans): transcribed by eye from the rendered page images, every page read against the image, with a local machine reading (RapidOCR) as the second reader; checkboxes are set as “☐”, blanks and signature lines as a rule of underscores, a two-column caption left cell then right cell, line and page numbers omitted, and notes in brackets. Attached to Judge Elaine W. Mandel: the sheet names the judicial officer, and the court's Courtroom Information application and Judicial Officer Search both place Judge Elaine W. Mandel in Department B of the Van Nuys Courthouse East.