Mr. Koury is a Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner regularly presiding over jury and bench trials.

Previously for thirty five years, he represented indigent clients charged with serious felonies in state and federal court.  He was a senior trial attorney and trainer at both the Los Angeles County Public Defender's and the Central District Federal Defender's Office.  He has tried 160 Jury Trials in state & federal Court including twenty murder and two capital penalty jury trials. Two of his four clients sentenced to California's death row have since been removed. 

In addition, prior to his appointment to the bench, he served on the IDP Juvenile and Adult Executive Panels, and was a hearing examiner for the LA Police Commission.

For work/life balance, he has flown paragliders and climbed big mountains around the world. He still skies and climbs moderate rock and ice climbs in the Sierra Nevada, Cascades and Rockies and is a devoted beach volleyball player.