Judges and Judiciary,
Law Practice
Mar. 18, 2024
Not far from Langer’s
Many cases present two narratives, where no one is lying but the other side is not telling the truth. These are the cases where judges and jurors must be careful and hope to reach the right verdict.
Anthony J. Mohr
Judge (ret.)
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Judge Mohr currently is a fellow at the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard.
There’s at least one person out there who’d say that, during my time on the bench, I committed assault and battery—and maybe worse.
I offer this incident to light up a cliché—that things are not always what they appear to be. Roughly twenty years ago, a then-presiding judge and I had lunch at Langer’s Deli. I violated protocol by eating turkey instead of their signature pastrami sandwich. We had some laughs and once we left, we walked down...
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