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Jul. 2, 2009

Most Valued Player

L.A. Superior Court Judge Michael B. Harwin pulls double duty as a popular jurist and a law professor, but can't get picked for a jury.

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Most Valued Player
Los Angeles County Superior Court
By Evan George
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Michael Bruce Harwin was waiting anxiously last month to see if he had jury duty. Though it risked setting back his own calendar, the 61-year-old Los Angeles County Superior Court judge may have been the only prospective juror who was actually looking forward to the job.

"I would love to be on a jury," Harwin said, sitting at his tidy desk in his Van Nuys chambers. He has been called before, but th... (continued)

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