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Apr. 16, 2018

‘Good Judicial Work’

Judge Michael Abzug tends to issue written rulings so lawyers understand his reasoning.

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‘Good Judicial Work’
Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)

LOS ANGELES -- Judge Michael Abzug is known for his written rulings on routine motions, sometimes upward of three or four per trial.

Aside from wanting to be thorough, there's a personal reason behind why he does it.

"It's difficult, for me anyway, to speak in complete paragraphs without syntactical disasters and other verbal pratfalls," Abzug said in an email. "So it's a self-defense m... (continued)

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