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LANCASTER - An assignment to the Antelope Valley Courthouse might not sit well with everyone. Most people would find little appeal in the hour-plus drive to Los Angeles Superior Court's farthest outpost, not to mention the three-digit summertime temperatures and the stubborn blanket of dirt that covers just about everything.
Christopher Estes
Superior Court Judge
Los Angeles (Lancaster)
Career highlights: Seated through unification as a Superior Court judge, January 2001; elected, Antelope Municipal Court, March 2000; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County, 1994-2001; civil litigator, Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack, Los Angeles, 1991-94
Education: Pepperdine University School of Law, 1991
Age: 39