Judges and Judiciary
Oct. 3, 2001
Strict Rule-Enforcer Tolerates No Bad Behavior
BAKERSFIELD - Almost every day for the past 19 years, Kern County Superior Court Judge James M. Stuart has been carrying a faded old newspaper clipping into his courtroom, a letter to the editor published in the Bakersfield Californian in 1982. And sometimes, when a juror or attorney is tardy, he likes to read that letter aloud.
James M. Stuart
Superior Court Judge
Kern County
Career highlights: Elected to Kern County Superior Court, 1985; commissioner, Kern County Superior Court, 1981-85; partner, Bianco, Means, Stuart, McBurnie & McAtee, 1979-81; partner, Mack, Bianco, Means, Mack & Stuart, 1971-79; associate, DiGiorgio, Davis, Hastin & Klein, 1969-71
Law school: Hastings College of the Law, 1968
Age: 59
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