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Sep. 1, 2006

Star Attraction

A bit of 'theatrical flair' permeates the courtroom of Los Angeles County Superior Court Commissioner John T. Rafferty, who uses humor to assuage the jangled nerves of traffic offenders and small claims litigants.

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By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - "Lots of people sing opera in the shower," John T. Rafferty said recently from his chambers at the West Los Angeles Courthouse after sitting through a morning calendar of traffic arraignments. "I do that, too, but mostly I recite Hamlet's 'to be or not to be.'"
      Rafferty knows his classics. At his last prep scho... (continued)

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