
VISTA — Judge Harry Elias isn’t modest about how fast he works.
“I get a five- to six-day trial estimate; I’ll probably have it done in four,” he said. “I just tell the lawyers when a witness walks off the stand, I want the next one walking on.”
Elias has had nearly 30 years to fine tune his bench style, having been appointed in. To keep things interesting, he juggles three assignments: trials, a law and motion calendar and once a week he does adoptions, which he says i... (continued)