LOS ANGELES -- In her chambers, Judge Michelle Williams Court keeps close at hand the vocal score of Requiem in D minor, Opus 48, by French composer Gabriel Fauré.
"I read scores and listen to the music in my head rather than listening to the music because it helps, I don't know, kind of calm my mind," said the judge.
As supervisor of the Civil Division of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, she ... (continued)