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Nov. 14, 2011

Akemi Arakaki

Judge Akemi Arakaki is the shortest ball player on her team and a rare public defender on the bench.

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Akemi Arakaki

Akemi Arakaki

Los Angeles County (Lancaster)

Career Highlights: Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2010; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 1999-2010; attorney, Law Offices of Steve Escovar, 1998-99

Law School: Loyola Law School
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By Jason W. Armstrong

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LANCASTER - Judge Akemi Arakaki grew up an only child. But she spent most of her childhood in the care of a babysitter and as a companion to the sitters' seven children, since Arakaki's own parents were "workaholics" who often worked 12- and 13-hour days.

By the time she was a teenager, she found herself hanging out with the wrong crowd.

"I was hanging out with a bunch of kid... (continued)

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