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Judges and Judiciary

Dec. 25, 2012

Incoming San Francisco presiding judge shuffles assignments, ruffles feathers

New assignments for several judges on Friday shocked attorneys in San Francisco County Superior Court, which will move respected judges Harold E. Kahn and Richard A. Kramer out of their law and motion and complex litigation departments.

By Saul Sugarman

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - New assignments for several judges on Friday shocked attorneys and members of San Francisco County Superior Court, which will move respected judges Harold E. Kahn and Richard A. Kramer out of their law and motion and complex litigation departments.

Several judges view Kahn and Kramer's reassignment as an act of retaliation by incoming Presiding Judge Cynthia Ming-mei Lee, who Kahn challenged in what...

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