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Sep. 11, 2013

Christine Copeland

Christine Copeland has spent many years helping self-represented litigants navigate the courts.

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Christine Copeland

Christine T. Copeland

Santa Clara County (San Jose) Superior Court
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By Kevin Lee

Daily Journal Staff Writer

On Mondays and Tuesdays, Christine Copeland reads a quote taped to her chambers door that leads to the courtroom in Department 14: "Start every day off with a smile and get it over with."

The tongue-in-cheek saying from W.C. Fields prompts the commissioner, now in her fourth year as a Santa Clara County commissioner, to grin as she enters the courtroom to take on her diverse docket, which is typically spl... (continued)

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