Santa Clara County (San Jose) Superior Court
By Hamed Aleaziz
Daily Journal Staff Writer
One day in March 2004, William J. Monahan sat in chambers in the Santa Clara Superior Court waiting to get details on a mediation he'd volunteered to do.
There was a problem: He was sitting in someone else's chambers. Only a day earlier, Monahan had lost an election bid for a seat on the superior court. As he stared out the window, he grew frustrated.
"I really want to work here, but it'... (continued)