When he was asked in 2004 to start handling civil settlement conferences one day a week, now-retired San Diego County judge Timothy M. Casserly wasn’t excited.
“I told the powers that be, ‘That doesn’t sound that interesting to me. I don’t think I want to do that,’ and they said, ‘No, we’d really like you to do this,’” Casserly recalled. “And I thought, ‘Well, I’m a team player. I’ll do it.’ … And I found out that it was my favo... (continued)