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Government

Mar. 12, 2004

Doing It His Own Way

HAYWARD - Alameda County Superior Court Judge Robert Fairwell has been handling a busy misdemeanor calendar for most of his 38 years on the bench, and he does things his own, idiosyncratic way - even if that sometimes gets him into trouble.

        Robert Fairwell
        Judge,
        Alameda County Superior Court
        Career highlights: Elevated to superior court upon consolidation, 1998; appointed to San Leandro-Hayward Municipal Court by Gov. Edmund G. Brown Sr., November 1965; private practice, 1954-65, first with Joh...

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