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Sep. 12, 2006

A Touch of Reality

"The judge was an attractive, diminutive blonde and ex-prosecutor who had been on the bench at least as long as I'd had my ticket. She was old-school all the way, fair but tough, running her courtroom as a fiefdom."

Read more about Judith L. Champagne...
Los Angeles County Superior Court
By Paria Kooklan
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      "The judge was an attractive, diminutive blonde and ex-prosecutor who had been on the bench at least as long as I'd had my ticket. She was old-school all the way, fair but tough, running her courtroom as a fiefdom."
     
      The narration by hardened criminal defense attorney Mickey Hall... (continued)

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