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Law Practice,
Letters

Jun. 30, 2021

Service of process: Sacrifice in the name of progress

I read with great interest my colleague Judge Michael Stern’s June 29 column, “Service by process by email: A modest 21st century proposal.”

Stanley Mosk Courthouse

Randolph M. Hammock

Judge
Los Angeles County Superior Court

Univeristy of San Diego School of Law

Judge Hammock, currently assigned to an independent calendar court at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse. He is also a member of the Judicial Elections Committee of the California Judges Association, and he played an integral role in the drafting, lobbying and passing of SB 235 into law.

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I read with great interest my colleague Judge Michael Stern's June 29 column, "Service of process by email: A modest 21st-century proposal."

When I presided over a civil court, I would consistently cast some skepticism over the current service by publication process. Although I would often grant those requests (and ev...

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