
By Katie Lucia
Daily Journal Staff Writer
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Joseph F. DeVanon knows how to deal with difficult people. Before serving on the Los Angeles County Superior Court bench for more than 20 years, he worked nearly a decade in the county's public defender's office, representing those he called the "least popular [people] in the courtroom."
Now a neutral, DeVanon uses the skills he learned on the bench and as a criminal defense l... (continued)