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May 18, 2014

Gregorio Roman Jr.

Judge Gregorio Roman Jr. grew up picking grapes as a child before joining the LA County court.

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By Katie Lucia

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Long before Judge Gregorio Roman's hands zipped up his judicial robe or shuffled court papers on his polished wood desk, his hands felt the sting of hard labor.

As a young child, Roman remembers picking grapes during the summers with his poor immigrant family - their hands often freezing in the early morning and blistering by sunset. Each of the eight children in his family and his single mother... (continued)

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