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Nov. 27, 2011

Frederick N. Wapner

Frederick N. Wapner, son of the famous TV judge, said his father inspired him

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Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)

By Gabe Friedman

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Superior Court Judge Frederick Wapner has big shoes to fill.

Several years after he graduated from McGeorge School of Law, his father, Joseph Wapner, took a role as the judicial showman on "The People's Court."

The process transformed his father from the former presiding judge of Los Angeles County Superior Court to a Hollywood personality whose staccato outbursts and edicts ... (continued)

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