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Government

May 5, 2011

Joe Dunn Top Candidate for Appellate Seat

State Bar Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn may be a leading candidate to replace retiring 4th District Court of Appeal Presiding Justice David G. Sills, sources said.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SANTA ANA - With the announcement that Justice David G. Sills will retire next month, Orange County lawyers and judges are wondering who might replace him as the presiding justice of the appellate court in Santa Ana.


Out of a handful of possible contenders the most likely successor, according to many sources, seems to be Joseph L. Dunn, the well-connected former state senator who only months ag...

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