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Oct. 23, 2023

Commissioner Donald Griffith applies skills and habits he learned as a teacher

Former teacher isn't fazed by courtroom drama in Kern County, attorneys say.

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Superior Court Commissioner Kern County

BAKERSFIELD -- Superior Court Commissioner Donald B. Griffith knew that family law was in the cards even from the onset of his career at a personal injury defense firm.

"That was the area where I was angling," he said of what eventually became his principal legal focus.

Before making that move, though, he took a chance in complex construction defect litigation, where it was quite c... (continued)

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