The Umpire

Judge Jonathan S. Fish likes to say he calls balls and strikes just like Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. But lawyers say he is a good listener who is willing to be persuaded that he's made a wrong call.

Jonathan Fish

Orange County Superior Court

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By Greg Katz
Daily Journal Staff Writer

FULLERTON - Lawyers like to grouse that some judges will not reverse themselves no matter how good the argument.

Jonathan S. Fish is not one of those judges.

Fish, who was elected last year to the Orange County Superior Court, waited only until his second trial to flip-flop on a ruling.

The question was whether to admit a statement by the defendant. Fish, a former prosecutor, had at first si... (continued)