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Sep. 7, 2007

Family Oriented

His objective approach has enabled South Lake Tahoe Commissioner Wm. Neil Shepherd, who practiced family law for 14 years, to stick with it for 13 more years.

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By Donna Domino
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - Most judges do not seek family court assignments because the cases frequently are emotional and acrimonious, and sometimes outright dangerous.
      A Reno judge was shot in June 2006 by a man angered over the financial terms of his divorce case. He survived but judges in Florida and Illinois have been killed by embittere... (continued)

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