By Ciaran McEvoy
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - As a young attorney, one of U.S. District Judge Valerie Baker Fairbank's early responsibilities was visiting a fertilizer plant in Idaho on behalf of her law firm's client, legendary potato entrepreneur J.R. Simplot.
"That was before we had computers and e-mail," Fairbank said. "So I had to review documents, and one of my first jobs was to sit in the bowels of the fertilizer... (continued)
Nov. 18, 2009
Valerie Baker Fairbank
U.S. District Judge Valerie Baker Fairbank has won plaudits on the bench for her extraordinary preparation and attention to detail, skills she learned as an associate digging through files in the basement of a fertilizer plant.
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