Today's DJ presents
Practical Implication: Appellate Justice Lamar Baker delves into all the potential consequences of arguments. Practitioners noted that he knows the hot-button issues in a case, asks challenging questions yet has a nice demeanor, goes deep and is extremely well prepared at oral argument.
Justice Baker himself said,
“I try to be prepared to have an intelligent
conversation with the people who are more familiar with that case than anybody
else,” Baker said. “I try to be ready to take advantage of that time and
hopefully the attorneys who appear in court think about that time in the same
way.”
“I think somebody who wants to be a judge on an
appellate court that makes decisions as a group has to respect the views and
opinions of the people they’re working with while still being true to their own
beliefs and convictions,” Baker said. Baker, who was appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2015, is cautious about what he
reveals of his own beliefs and convictions — even his hobbies. (He likes to
read mysteries and he runs for exercise.)
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