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Dec. 21, 2008

In L.A. Courts, the Guy Jabbering With the Janitor Might Be the Presiding Judge

Judge Tim McCoy takes the helm of the Los Angeles County court system, the nation’s largest, in January. He says he plans to meet each of the 6,000 or so employees working for the court.

Read more about Charles W. McCoy Jr....
By Cortney Fielding
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - A tall, trim, middle-aged man clad in a charcoal vest and polka-dot tie strolls through the hallways of the Stanley Mosk courthouse, stopping here and there to chat with a few people whose acquaintance he has not yet made.

Receptionists working the fourth floor self-help center, college volunteers helping young women submit divorce papers, a 20-something named "Al" who is trying... (continued)

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