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Mar. 17, 2009

Judge's Path to Leadership Post Is Blueprint for Other Women Lawyers

Lee Smalley Edmon is poised to be elevated to presiding judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 2011. She will be the first woman to hold that post.

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Lee Smalley Edmon

Los Angeles County Superior Court
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By Cortney Fielding
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Lee Smalley Edmon was on a hospital stretcher about to give birth to her first child when her big and bulky cell phone rang. It was a frantic client from The Walt Disney Co.

That she was in labor didn't faze the man, who wanted to talk about case settlement strategy.

"I just told him, 'I'm a bit busy having a baby now,' we're going to have to talk about this more later."

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