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Mar. 5, 2015

Ralph W. Dau

Los Angeles Judge Ralph W. Dau takes meticulous notes and checks citations during arguments.

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Ralph W. Dau
Los Angeles County (Los Angeles) Superior Court

By Laurinda Keys

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - "That's not the way I remember it," Superior Court Judge Ralph W. Dau told an attorney who had just summarized some testimony. After leafing through pages of notes, the judge began reading out the witness' statements, word for word, just like a court reporter.

"It's not shorthand. It's my own brand of abbreviation," Dau said of the tiny script no one else can re... (continued)

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