MONTEREY PARK — Within her department, Judge Rashida Adams is known for being meticulous and making a clear record in each one of her cases. On an assignment in which she might see 20 to 30 dependency cases a day, Adams considers careful note-taking essential to being fully engaged in every hearing.
“I think I figured out pretty quickly that if I wasn’t fairly meticulous, I wouldn’t remember cases when I saw them next,” ... (continued)