SAN FRANCISCO — Superior Court Judge Russell S. Roeca’s mother was one of three women in her 1946 class at what is now USC Gould School of Law. His father was a screenwriter with credits on shows such as “Rawhide” and “Hawaii Five-0.”
One of five sons, three of whom went on to careers in the law, Roeca — born in Hollywood — led what might appear to be something of an exciting childhood. But, he said in an interview in his chambe... (continued)