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Judges and Judiciary

Mar. 8, 2011

The Play’s the Thing

If the legal system had it's version of the Academy Awards, who would win the honor of Best Picture?

2nd Appellate District, Division 6

Arthur Gilbert

Presiding Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6

UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963

Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.

UNDER SUBMISSION

Over the past two decades, I have written around 200 columns. You think it's easy knocking out a column every month? (A knockout of a column is a different story.) Take it from me, getting in the ring with words is not for scaredy cats. It is frightful and wearing to throw wild punches at frenzied words dancing and feinting with bewildering moves that throw me off balance. I'm often ready to throw in the towel, but at the last...

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