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Oct. 22, 2006

Settlement Savvy

LOS ANGELES - A bookcase behind the desk of U.S. District Judge James Otero provides a seemingly incongruous pairing. 

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Settlement Savvy

S. James Otero

U.S. District Court, Central (Los Angeles)

Career Highlights: Retired April 2020. Took senior status in December 2018. Appointed to the Central District by President George W. Bush in 2003. Municipal and superior court judge in Los Angeles. Deputy city attorney for 11 years, regional counsel for Southern Pacific Railroad.

Law School: Stanford Law School, 1976

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By Drew Combs
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - A bookcase behind the desk of U.S. District Judge James Otero provides a seemingly incongruous pairing.

One of the shelves holds both a photo of conservative standard-bearer Ronald Reagan and a photo of liberal Democratic Congressman Edward R. Roybal.

But Otero, a native of Roybal's Boyle Heights stronghold, and a Republican since he could vote, does not view this homage to each man as someh... (continued)

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