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Apr. 25, 2019

Feel for the Room

Judge Gus Barrera’s past as a prosecutor and criminal defense attorney offers crucial insight.

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San Joaquin County (French Camp)
San Joaquin County Superior Court

FRENCH CAMP — Judge Gus C. Barrera II didn’t know any attorneys growing up. But he did know Cesar Chavez.

The famed leader of the United Farm Workers would stay at the Stockton home of Barrera’s community organizer grandfather when he came through town in the 1970s and ’80s. Watching the adults talk, the seeds of a legal career began growing in Barrera’s mind.

“It seemed like they woul... (continued)

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