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Oct. 24, 2002
Varied Experience Serves Justice
SANTA ANA - Appeals court Justice Richard M. Aronson turned on to law when he was 12 after watching the 1959 Otto Preminger classic "Anatomy of a Murder." But while most of his friends admired the defense attorney played by Jimmy Stewart, Aronson wanted to be like the sharp-dealing prosecutor in the film.
Richard M. Aronson
Associate Justice
4th District (Santa Ana)
Career highlights: Appointed by Gov. Gray Davis to 4th District Court of Appeal, November 2001; appointed by Gov. Pete Wilson to Orange County Superior Court, March 1996; commissioner, Orange County Superior Court, 1989-91; senior staff attorney, 4th District Court of Appeal, 1988-89; deputy public defender, Orange County public defender's office, 1980-88; ...