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Aug. 23, 2012

Judge Ellen L. Chaitin

Superior Court Judge San Francisco County

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Judge Ellen L. Chaitin
San Francisco County

By Saul Sugarman

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - In a profession filled with buttoned-up, intense personalities, Ellen L. Chaitin tries to keep the mood in her courtroom casual.

With her feet propped up on her desk at San Francisco County Superior Court, she recalled a recent humorous moment she had with a jury in a slip-and-fall case.

"I have to tell juries, 'You can't do any research, you can't do any experimentation... (continued)

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