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Aug. 19, 2009

Big Cases, Big Appetite

Ricardo R. Ocampo aspired to be an international business lawyer. He ended up prosecuting hard core gang members instead.

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Los Angeles County (Compton) Superior Court
By Greg Katz
Daily Journal Staff Writer

COMPTON - In his career as a prosecutor, Judge Ricardo R. Ocampo worked on some of the Los Angeles District Attorney's biggest cases.

There was the first trial of record producer Phil Spector, where he worked with the prosecution team.

There was the prosecution of influential plaintiffs lawyer Pierce O'Donnell.

And there was the case of Kazuyoshi Miura, the Japanese tycoon who killed hi... (continued)

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