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Sep. 23, 2014

Richard C. Livermore

Judge is passionate about parties' success in drug court, often leaving the bench to chat with defendants.

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Richard C. Livermore
San Mateo County (Redwood City) Superior Court

By Laura Hautala

Daily Journal Staff Writer

REDWOOD CITY - Richard C. Livermore spends a lot of time thinking about addiction. Twenty years running one of the state's first drug courts will do that to a person.

He compares it to cancer, saying it can "strike anywhere, anytime, any person."

And while working with addicts, Livermore has strived to understand the mindset of the defendants. Not only does he still avidly attend training ... (continued)

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