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Government

Jun. 3, 2003

Foster Child's Death in L.A. System Haunts Blunt Jurist

LOS ANGELES - Tough guys don't cry. Though Albert Joseph Garcia promotes a tough-guy image, he doesn't quite fit the adage. The veteran Los Angeles Juvenile Court commissioner recently dropped his composure and wept as he talked about how much he cared about Misty Siegfried, a foster child who died March 8, 2002.

        
Albert Joseph Garcia
Superior Court Commissioner
Los Angeles
Career highlights: Elected a commissioner by Los Angeles Superior Court judges, 1991; appointed referee, 1989; general practitioner, 1977-89
Law school: San Fernando Valley College of Law (now the University of La Verne), 1975
Age: 62
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