Superior Court Alameda County (Hayward)
By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer
HAYWARD - As a 12-year-old boy, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Scott Patton remembers standing behind a rope line at a Sacramento airport alongside his parents waiting to greet a young Gov. Jerry Brown.
Patton had the thrill of shaking the governor's hand at the time and now that meeting holds even more significance for him as it was Brown who, 40 years later, tapped him for a judgeship.
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