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Mar. 8, 2011

Kimberlee Lagotta

An early childhood tragedy engendered the empathy Judge Kimberlee Lagotta draws on in the courtroom.

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Kimberlee Lagotta
San Diego County (Vista)

By Pat Broderick

Daily Journal Staff Writer

VISTA - Unlike some other judges whose childhood dreams cast them as astronauts, baseball stars or ballerinas, young Kimberlee Malanga always knew what her path would be.

"My dad was a lawyer, so from an early age, I enjoyed on vacations and school breaks accompanying him to court," said the woman now known as Vista Superior Court Judge Kimberlee Lagotta. "It was in the courtroom where I saw the ... (continued)

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