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Aug. 29, 2012

H. Don Christian

Judge Don Christian aimed to be a professor. Now his courtroom is a classroom for litigants.

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H. Don Christian
Los Angeles County (Pomona)

Career Highlights: Retired August 1, 2023, Los Angeles County Superior Court.

By Pat Alston

Daily Journal Staff Writer

POMONA - Don Christian's mother realized it was time to take action when her 11-year-old son insisted on walking up and down the front porch steps on his hands.

"It came naturally to me," Christian said of his penchant for walking upside down.

Adept at mimicking the acrobats he watched on television, he also mastered one-arm handstands and back flips when he was a kid.

So his mother e... (continued)

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