Friday, December 1, 2017

Harry Pregerson articles

Today's DJ features Southwestern Law School Professor Christopher Cameron in The Real Mayor of Los Angeles about the passing and legacy of Judge Harry Pregerson, with a focus on L.A.:
Image result for judge harry pregerson interchange los angeles signElected or not, Harry Pregerson is the mayor that every Angeleno said yes to. He was and remains the only federal judge in the country whose name appears on a freeway interchange (where the Century 105 and Harbor 110 Freeways meet), a wastewater treatment facility (at the Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant in Playa del Rey), and a day care center (in the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building downtown).

And Julie Werner-Simon piece, Judge Harry Pregerson was a Prince, begins:
In just the last few days, one charmed Prince Harry has gotten engaged and another Prince Harry has left us. Judge Harry Pregerson, the longest serving judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, died Nov. 25. The homeless, and us, in the legal community, have lost a hero.