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Jan. 12, 2011

James Ware

Once caught in a career-threatening lie, James Ware survived to become the new Northern District chief judge

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By John Roemer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - A dozen years ago, U.S. District Judge James Ware endured the career-altering exposure of a lie he had long told in public about the shooting death of his brother by Alabama racists.

Today, at 64, Ware is striving toward redemption as a respected jurist who has just become chief judge of the Northern District of California.

Ware intends to relocate his chambers from the Robert F. Peckham Federa... (continued)

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