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Criminal

May 16, 2003

Courageous Rulings Typify Jurist

LOS ANGELES - Fifteen years ago, when Superior Court Judge Bob S. Bowers Jr. was still a commissioner in Compton, he called a young defense lawyer into his chambers for one of those indelible conversations.

        
Bob S. Bowers Jr.
Superior Court Judge
Los Angeles
Career highlights: Elevated to the Los Angeles Superior Court by unification, 2000; appointed by Gov. Pete Wilson to the Compton Municipal Court, 1993; elected by the Compton Municipal Court bench as a commissioner, 1986; sole practitioner, 1976-86; NBC, in-house counsel, 1975-76; associate, N...

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