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Nov. 11, 2015

Kent Hamlin

Fresno County Judge Kent Hamlin says he barks at attorneys who are disrespectful or waste time.

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Kent Hamlin
Superior Court Judge Fresno County (Fresno)
By Laurinda Keys
Daily Journal Staff Writer

FRESNO - For the son of an appellate justice, Judge Kent Hamlin's path into law and onto the bench was an unexpectedly wayward one: college dropout, shipping clerk, LPGA golf caddy, olive grower.

"I worked with a lot of working Joes and that's really what I consider myself to be," said Hamlin, who was elected to the Fresno County Superior Court in 1998, after 10 years as a lawyer. ... (continued)

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