Superior Court Alameda County (Oakland)
By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer
OAKLAND - Perched high on the wall behind Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch's desk are small square portraits of 12 ordinary people. When litigants are gathered in his chambers to discuss settlements, Roesch likes to point to the faces and ask if they would like to reach a compromise or let those people decide their fate. It can often have the powerful effect, particularly on clients, of spurring a com... (continued)