Daily Journal Staff Writer
WALNUT CREEK - With no political connections and a clerkship with a well-known liberal U.S. Supreme Court justice topping his resume, Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Charles S. Treat was surprised to win an appointment 18 months ago from the administration of Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
"The idea that the appointment process is as meritocratic as it is came as a revelation," Treat said. "My inte... (continued)