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Apr. 25, 2007

Old-School Judge Uses Teaching Skills

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Ellen Carroll continues to apply in court the skills she developed teaching children decades ago.

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court (Los Angeles)
By Robert Iafolla
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - Years before Judge Ellen Carroll joined the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles, she taught grade school as a member of Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Roman Catholic order.
      She uses skills from her teaching days, including her "eighth-grade stare," to keep order in her courtroom, according to a recent a... (continued)

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