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  Daily Journal Staff Writer 

  FRESNO - The pragmatism of his farming heritage is a major influence on Judge Fredrick
  E. Clement's life and career, and it's part of the reason he finds bankruptcy law
  so appealing. 

   "Bankruptcy is a field of law that, though it is wonderfully esoteric and theoretical,
  it is also extremely practical," said Clement, who has been a U.S. bankruptcy judge
  for the Eastern District of Ca... (continued)