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Apr. 25, 2011

David R. Fields

David R. Fields keeps a 'tome-like' binder on his cases, a structured approach to hearings and a kind disposition that have won over lawyers in his juvenile dependency court.

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Los Angeles County (Monterey Park)

By Ben Adlin

Daily Journal Staff Writer

MONTEREY PARK - Ask the attorneys who work regularly with Judge David R. Fields about his courtroom practices, and they'll eventually mention his binder.

A thick, three-ring notebook, it's full of handwritten notes for each of the juvenile dependency cases he's heard since taking the bench at Los Angeles County's Edelman Children's Court last year.

One lawyer called the binder "tome... (continued)

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