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Law Practice

Oct. 22, 2008

Write-In Candidate Challenges Embattled Sacramento Judge

With two weeks until Election Day, an appellate attorney has stepped in to challenge Sacramento County Judge Peter J. McBrien for his seat on the bench.

By Amy Yarbrough

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - With two weeks until Election Day, an appellate attorney has stepped in to challenge embattled Sacramento County Judge Peter J. McBrien for his seat on the bench.

Matthew J. Smith, a lead attorney with the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento, was certified Thursday as a write-in candidate against the family court judge.

McBrien was the subject of an unsuccessful recall campaign th...

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