
By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN PEDRO - Judith A. Vander Lans was 41 and a single mom when she decided to go to law school.
Vander Lans had spent more than two decades as a secretary and paralegal at several Long Beach firms. It wasn't until she moved to Keesal, Young & Logan in 1981, however, that she considered becoming a lawyer.
Her boss was William H. Collier Jr., a neophyte litigator.
"She was a very senior ... (continued)