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Jun. 21, 2006

Putting Empathy to Work

Los Angeles County Mental Health Court Commissioner Laura Hymowitz relishes each day of work in the converted pickle factory.

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By Paria Kooklan
Daily Journal Staff Writer


One woman claimed she was married to Mick Jagger. Another believed she had given birth but that the Queen of England had ordered the obstetrician to return the baby to the womb. And an elderly woman had to be fitted for a bra - a task left to her public defender.
      In Commissioner Laura Hymowitz's courtroom at the Los Angeles County Mental Health Cou... (continued)

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