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California Supreme Court

Mar. 26, 2010

Associate Justice Gives Insider's View

Associate Justice Carlos R. Moreno of the California Supreme Court on Wednesday explained the sly strategy used to persuade Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign into law a pilot program offering lawyers to the poor in critical civil cases.

By John Roemer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Associate Justice Carlos R. Moreno of the California Supreme Court on Wednesday explained the sly strategy used to persuade Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign into law a pilot program offering lawyers to the poor in critical civil cases.

Moreno's insider look at the Civil Counsel Act, passed by Sacramento lawmakers last year, came at a lunch meeting of the Bar Associ...

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