
By Hadley Robinson
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In a large frame mounted on the wall of Marin County Superior Court Judge Verna A. Adams' chambers hangs a photo and story of one of her heroes, a 19th century British woman named Georgina Weldon.
Weldon was a notorious self-represented litigant who evaded her husband's legal attempts to put her in an insane asylum and later, when the law changed to allow women to bring lawsuits, initiated dozens of l... (continued)