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Sep. 9, 2007

High Standards

A clerkship for Anthony M. Kennedy instilled strong values and an aspiration for the bench in San Jose Judge Vincent Chiarello.

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Santa Clara County (San Jose) Superior Court
By Dennis Pfaff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN JOSE - The woman sat at the counsel's table in Santa Clara Superior Court Judge Vincent J. Chiarello's courtroom, the very picture of desolation.
      "I ... don't ... have ... any ... money!" she gasped repeatedly through her tears.
      The sounds of her body-wracking sobs filled the family courtroom u... (continued)

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