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Jun. 5, 2013

Stephen L. Johnson

Stephen L. Johnson says bankruptcy is like a 'toolbox' that helps people escape bad situations.

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of California (San Jose)

By Hadley Robinson

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stephen L. Johnson has always been good with numbers.

He brought those calculating skills to a job as a certified public accountant, but found it too dry.

He thought law might be more interesting, and was quickly tugged towards the bankruptcy practice at Morrison & Foerster LLP in San Francisco when he finished at UC Hastings College of the Law.

"I was... (continued)

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