By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN JOSE - Lawyers who appear before Justice Franklin D. Elia applaud his deep engagement with the case at hand plus his warm human touch.
Elia, 63, who sits on the 6th District Court of Appeal, displayed both in a tricky dispute over a default judgment in a technology case, said Paul D. Fogel, a prominent appellate practitioner who himself served two years as a state trial judge.
"I argued a messy t... (continued)
