By Emily Green
Daily Journal Staff Writer
At the State Bar annual conference in Monterey last month, in between ceremonial responsibilities and symposiums on the judiciary's budget crisis, Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye crowded around a table in a dark, noisy bar with a top adviser and two representatives from Justice at Stake, a nonprofit group promoting impartial courts.
She looked more political strategist than judge as Bert Brandenb... (continued)