RIP Justice Nott (1940-2020)

 Today's DJ has an obit for Justice Michael G. Nott, who "died Saturday at 80 after a 10-year battle with Parkinson's disease"

• His 20-year career on the bench began at the Long Beach Municipal Court following his appointment by Gov. George Deukmejian in 1985. Two years later, Deukmejian elevated Nott to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, where he served as presiding judge. Then he was elevated again in 1990 to the Court of Appeal. He retired from the bench in 2005
• "Mike was always there to help. He had a heart of gold," said Justice Judith Ashmann-Gerst of her time as Nott's colleague at the beginning of her career on the Court of Appeal.