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Judges and Judiciary

Nov. 19, 2003

A Mentor and an Innovator

AUBURN - Virtually everyone who has come into contact with Placer County Superior Court Judge Richard Couzens has a good word to say about him. The 59-year-old jurist has served as judge here for 26 years and is as venerated by the tiny community as the Gold Rush artifacts housed in the county's 109-year-old courthouse.

Richard Couzens
Judge,
Placer County Superior Court
Career highlights: Appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown Jr., 1980; elected Auburn Justice Court 1978-80; elected Placer Justice Court, 1977-80; private practice, Couzens & Johanson, 1970-78; deputy district attorney, Placer County, 1972-74; law clerk, Chief Justices Roger J. Traynor and Donald R. Wright, California Supreme Court, 1969-70.
Law school: UC Davis School of Law
Age: 59

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