Lawyers and Orange County Superior Court bench officers jokingly refer to Judge Peter J. Polos' chambers as "the nursery."
Polos, 37, is the county's youngest sitting jurist.
But the only toy in his office is an aqua-and-orange colored plastic model of a human heart, a prop from his days as a leading plaintiffs' attorney in phen-fen diet drug litigation. The job took him across the United States to interview clients who fell gravely ill try... (continued)