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Dec. 21, 2009

Michael V. Jesic

Former Deputy D.A. Michael Jesic is the third judge in his family, but the first to serve in the United States.

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Los Angeles County (Van Nuys)
Los Angeles County Superior Court

By Evan George

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - When he was sworn in as a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge, an otherwise burly Michael V. Jesic knew he had an enormous robe to fill.

His great-grandfather sat on the Supreme Court of Yugoslavia until the day the Nazis marched into Belgrade. When the Germans offered him the position of Prime Minister of Justice, he excused himself to the bathroom and wrote his resignation letter, never to ser... (continued)

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