A memorial service will be held on Friday for George P. Schiavelli, 71, a retired judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court and the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and a beloved and respected figure in the Los Angeles legal community.

Schiavelli, who died on the night of Aug. 31 from the after-effects of a stem cell transplant that ridded his body of cancer, was president of the Italian American Lawyers Association in 1990 and remained an active participant in the organization while sitting on the Superior Court from 1994-2000 and on the District Court from 2004-2008. The service will be held at 2 p.m. at Casa Italiana, 1050 N. Broadway, where the IALA holds its monthly meetings, at which Schiavelli, a regular attendee, would load his plate with mostaccioli and contribute to the conviviality of the occasion.