Law Practice,
Government
Dec. 1, 2020
Attorney legislators get more bills passed, regardless of party
Attorneys appear to make more effective legislators in California; they get more bills signed into law than non-attorneys.
Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, among 29 attorneys in the new Legislature, says legal skills help navigate lawmaking. (New York Times News Service)
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SACRAMENTO -- "When a legislator is married to a judge, it makes for very unique pillow talk," outgoing Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson told her colleagues during a recent Judicial Council meeting.
This was a reference to her husband, retired Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge George C. Eskin. Santa Barbara is known as a refuge for Hollywood power couples, but few wielded as mu...
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