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California Supreme Court

Jan. 9, 2013

Adviser to chief justices discusses 33 years on the court

Beth Jay served as principal attorney to three Republican state Supreme Court chief justices. In December, after 33 years, she retired and shared her thoughts on the future of the branch with Daily Journal Staff Writer Emily Green.


Beth Jay grew up in New York City in the Bronx near Yankee Stadium. At 20, she graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The furthest west she had traveled was Pittsburgh. When she got into Stanford Law School, Jay expected to stay in California for three years and return to New York. But the East Coast native not only made California home, she became over the ensuing decades one of the most influential attorneys in the state. Her role, in many ways, was unlikely...

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