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Law Practice

Nov. 14, 2008

Colleagues Recall U.S. Jurist's 'Brilliant Mind and Soft Heart'

Former colleagues and clerks of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Senior Judge Warren J. Ferguson remembered him Wednesday as a kind, passionate man with a deep commitment to justice for the downtrodden.

By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SANTA ANA - Former colleagues and clerks of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Senior Judge Warren J. Ferguson remembered him Wednesday as a kind, passionate man with a deep commitment to justice for the downtrodden.

Almost breaking into tears, U.S. District Chief Judge Alicemarie H. Stotler said, "there was no star higher or brighter" in the federal court universe than Ferguson.

Ferguson, w...

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