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May 26, 2016

Michael T. Smyth

San Diego County Judge Michael Smyth wins praise from attorneys for his handling of trials.

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San Diego County (San Diego)
By Logan Noblin
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN DIEGO - Beside the law degree hanging on Judge Michael T. Smyth's wall, a finger-painted frog stares back across his chambers. Witkin's treatises crowd the top shelf of his bookcase and 1960s vinyl albums line the bottom.

Smyth leans back into his chair, flanked by a guitar and a legal dictionary, casually reciting case law as Frank Sinatra croons softly ... (continued)

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