Dec. 2, 2025
The beginning
In his final column as a sitting justice, Arthur Gilbert reflects on five decades of judicial service, the colleagues and staff who supported him, the whimsical notion of multiverses and cosmic chance, and the fitting title -- "The Beginning" -- signaling that his column will continue even after "RET" follows his name.
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.
Note the tricky title for this, my last column of the year, and my last column as a member of the California judiciary. I began this journey more than 50 years ago, Sept. 1, Labor Day, when Justice Stanley Mosk swore me in to the Los Angeles Municipal Court. After Dec. 31 of this year, my title, "Presiding Justice," will have "RET" after it. And the title of this column? Will get back to the title in due course.
As I have queried in a previous column, w...
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