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Dec. 29, 2011

Nico Dourbetas

Judge Nico Dourbetas' heritage has always informed his life and his philosophy.

Read more about Nick A. Dourbetas...
Orange County (Orange)

By Pat Alston

Daily Journal Staff Writer

ORANGE - Nico Dourbetas was washing dishes and busing tables by the time he was 7.

"We grew up in the restaurant business," he said of himself and his two younger sisters.

His father, a Greek immigrant, owned Scotty's, a popular fast-food place in Cerritos. Between the after-school work and myriad activities sponsored by the Greek Orthodox church - from intercongregational basketball games an... (continued)

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