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Litigation

Jul. 22, 2000

Newsmaker

These days, Stephen M. Lachs is one of hundreds of private judges who ordinarily don't attract much attention outside of the legal community. But more than 20 years ago, his judicial activities were the subject of national news coverage.

By Rebecca Kuzins
        These days, Stephen M. Lachs is one of hundreds of private judges who ordinarily don't attract much attention outside of the legal community. But more than 20 years ago, his judicial activities were the subject of national news coverage.
        In 1979, Lachs became the nation's first openly gay judge when then-Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. na...

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