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Nov. 3, 2013

John W. Kennedy

Judge John W. Kennedy has practiced and presided over criminal law matters his entire career.

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Superior Court Contra Costa County (Martinez)

By Hadley Robinson

Daily Journal Staff Writer

MARTINEZ - John W. Kennedy's interest in the law goes way back.

His great-grandfather was, like him, a prosecutor and then a judge. His grandfather was a private practitioner and his father was an attorney and part-time commissioner.

"It wasn't exactly a clever idea on my part," Kennedy said.

Talking about his father's cases around the dinner table, he knew he wanted to g... (continued)

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