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Judges and Judiciary

Nov. 6, 2004

A Clear Vision

SAN FRANCISCO - When Phyllis J. Hamilton was a girl in tiny Jacksonville, Ill., her high school principal sought her out to mediate disputes between students. As a judge for the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Hamilton by all accounts remains unflappable.

By Pamela A. MacLean
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - When Phyllis J. Hamilton was a girl in tiny Jacksonville, Ill., her high school principal sought her out to mediate disputes between students. As a judge for the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Hamilton by all accounts remains unflappable....

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