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By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Like her colleagues on the appellate court, Justice Judith Ashmann-Gerst spends a good part of her day poring over briefs in the quiet of her chambers.
People often ask her, "Isn't it isolating being on the Court of Appeal?"
"Only if you isolate yourself," she always responds.
By all accounts, Ashmann-Gerst is a people-person. Whether it's mentoring law stu... (continued)