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Jun. 1, 2010

Kirk H. Nakamura

Orange County Superior Court Judge Kirk Nakamura learned to value fairness at an early age from his grandparents' internment during World War II.

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Kirk H. Nakamura

Kirk H. Nakamura

Orange County (Santa Ana)

Career Highlights: Retired November 2021; Installed as Orange County Superior Court presiding judge, 2019; Elected to serve as Orange County Superior Court assistant presiding judge, 2016; Appointed to court by Gov. Gray Davis, 2001; partner, Beam, Brobeck, West & Sullivan, 1985-2001; associate, Shield & Smith, 1980-1985.

Law School: Duke University School of Law, 1980

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By Sandra Hernandez

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SANTA ANA - Nearly three weeks into a trial over delay of medical care, Orange County Superior Court Judge Kirk H. Nakamura abruptly dismissed the case.

The veteran judge, assigned to Department C8 at the Central Justice Center, said he was forced to toss it because an appellate ruling issued days earlier found health maintenance organizations could not be held liable for medical decisions made by a contract... (continued)

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