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May 3, 2011

Katherine Bacal

Lacking the familiarity with European languages needed for a doctorate in history, Katherine Bacal switched to law, where her intellect and know-how have helped her navigate a difficult family law calendar.

Read more about Katherine A. Bacal...

By Pat Broderick

Daily Journal Staff Writer

EL CAJON - In the early 1990s, obtaining a law degree became a family affair for Katherine Bacal, her mother, sister and brother.

But Bacal, now a Superior Court judge in El Cajon, put her own personal stamp on this state of affairs by attending the University of Texas School of Law while her Tucson-based family stayed closer to home, enrolling at the University of Arizona.

Not that a legal career was o... (continued)

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