
Career Highlights: Elevated by Gov. George Deukmejian to the 4th District Court of Appeal, 1990; judge, Orange County Superior Court, 1986-90; judge, Orange County Municipal Court, 1983-86; deputy district attorney, Orange County, 1976-83.
Law School: Loyola Law School, 1974
4th District Court of Appeal
RIVERSIDE — To put the practice of law in context for young attorneys, Presiding Justice Manuel A. Ramirez of the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division Two often refers to the parable of three stonemasons.
In the parable, three stonemasons are given bricks and asked what they intend to do with them. The first says he will lay the brick, the second says he will build a wall, the third says he will build a cathedral.
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