Law Practice
Sep. 3, 2014
What we can learn before our 10th decade
Despite the bravado and confidence that judges and lawyers on occasion display, those who are truly enlightened know that the law is enveloped in a vapor of uncertainty.
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
This turns out to be the second column in a two-part series on exceptional nonagenarians I am privileged to know.
Last month I wrote about premier jurist Judge Ruggero Aldisert, age 94. The title of his recent novel, "Almost the Truth," expresses what savvy lawyers and judges know: The closest we can come to reaching the truth is "almost." And "almost," most times, is unattainable. De...
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