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Jun. 27, 2011

V. Raymond Swope

Judge Has Often Found Himself the First or Only Black in His Position, but Says His Forefathers Paved the Way

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V. Raymond Swope

V. Raymond Swope III

San Mateo County (South San Francisco) Superior Court

Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Mateo County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2010; San Mateo County Counsel's office, 1998-2010; Law Offices of Charlotte M. Veneer, 1997-98; Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley, Redwood City, 1990-97; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, San Francisco, San Francisco, 1989-90; Sedgwick LLP, San Francisco, 1987-88

Law School: Drake University Law School, 1987
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By Laura Ernde

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO Before he became a lawyer, V. Raymond Swope worked for a farm machinery company in Des Moines, Iowa.

As the first black district sales manager Massey Ferguson ever had - less than 20 years after the Civil Rights Act - Swope had to charm some of the dealers and the farmers who were taken aback by his presence.

"It worked," he said. "They really became accustomed to my ca... (continued)

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