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RICHARD ESSEN REMEMBERED

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

There's a lot more going on that we need to get to, from changes in County Court to a mistrial in a capital case, but we start with this wonderful piece sent to us by the Honorable Maynard (Skip) Gross about his friend and colleague the late Richard Essen: Back in the more serene days of the late 1960's where a few lawyers could even be found in the Halls of the REG wearing white suits during the summer, I was an ASA and together with my Division Chief Ellen Morphonios, Mike Hacker and Dick Essen, was assigned to the division presided over by Judge Carling Steadman(sp?). The SAO and the Judge(a former ASA himself) did not enjoy the best of relations in those times and being a prosecutor in his division could often be both tedious and uniquely challenging...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on December 05, 2009 (boomark / email).