Judges and Judiciary
Jan. 24, 2002
Judge Balances Scales of Justice With Care, Control
LOS ANGELES - A single mother sat at the plaintiff's table, hunched over a stack of handwritten legal documents. The woman, who lives in a transient motel in Anaheim, asked Orange County Superior Court Judge Dennis S. Choate to issue a restraining order against her adopted brother and another woman, claiming they harass her by sending "kinetic" messages to devices implanted in her face and through her cell phone.
Dennis S. Choate
Superior Court Judge
Orange County
Career highlights: Elevated by Gov. George Deukmejian to Orange County Superior Court, May 1989; appointed by Deukmejian to Orange County Municipal Court, 1987-89; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County, 1972-1987.
Law school: Loyola Law School, 1972
Age: 55
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