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Judges and Judiciary

Jan. 3, 2012

For retired judges, more time for hobbies

While many retired California judges are keeping busy as neutrals or sitting on assignment, most are finding themselves with more time to develop new hobbies or turn weekend and vacation pasttimes into life passions.


By Jason W. Armstrong


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Since his retirement a decade ago from the Orange County Superior Court bench, William F. McDonald has fulfilled a lot of big dreams, including spending more time with family and sailing every sea, a dream since he was in the Navy.


But recently, after taking heaps of left-over food from his wife's Rotary event to an Orange County food bank, McDonald left with a new job he described as one o...

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