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Jun. 12, 2006

High Court's Mild-Mannered Master of the Law

Ming Chin, Back From Brain Surgery, Steers His Influential Course With Quiet Expertise

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High Court's Mild-Mannered Master of the Law

Ming Chin

California Supreme Court

Career Highlights: California Supreme Court, March 1996-August 2020; 1st District Court of Appeal, 1990-1996; Alameda County Superior Court

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By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Associate Justice Ming Chin chuckled as he pulled a new compact disk from his computer and tossed it aside. Chief Justice Ronald M. George had just forwarded the disk, designed to help judges grasp the science of forensic DNA.

"The chief sends over everything to do with DNA," said Chin, the California judiciary's acknowledged deoxyribonucleic acid wonk. "What he doesn't realize is that I wrote a... (continued)

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