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Jun. 18, 2009

Behind the Bench

A victim of the last economic crisis to hit law firms, U.S. Magistrate Judge Rita Coyne Federman found work as a staff attorney, first for the District Court and then the Superior Court. She learned the system firsthand, from the inside out.

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Rita C. Federman

U.S. Central California Bankruptcy Court (Santa Barbara)
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By Ciaran McEvoy
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SANTA BARBARA - When California was mired in a deep recession in the early 1990s, U.S. Magistrate Judge Rita Coyne Federman, then an unemployed lawyer eager to find work, began her long journey towards the federal bench.

In 1991, Federman beat out 200 other applicants for one job as a staff attorney to the district's magistrate judges.

As a staff attorney working for the court, Federman w... (continued)

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