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Sep. 22, 2010

Gail Brewster Bereola

Superior Court Judge Gail Brewster Bereola has spearheaded a task force to bring offenders, victims and the community together to help repair the damage caused by crime.

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By Laura Ernde

Daily Journal Staff Writer

OAKLAND - There was a time when Alameda County Superior Court Judge Gail Brewster Bereola would scold tardy litigants by saying, "I'm in a wheelchair. If I can come to court, you can too."

She doesn't say that anymore.

Bereola recognized early on as a judge that her disability doesn't give her a license to impose her personal standards on other people. Being in a wheelchair has, howe... (continued)

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