Monday, June 5, 2023

RIP Justice Devich (1926-2023)


The DJ has Robert R. Devich, 1926-2023 -- Gentleman judge led a full, well-rounded life, with one regret.

Devich, who died May 12 in Mission Viejo at 96, had one big regret. "One thing I wish I could have done is devote more time with my family," Devich said in a California Legacy Project interview 10 years ago with fellow justice Robert M. Mallano. 
Three governors appointed Devich to judicial assignments: Ronald Reagan to the Los Angeles Municipal Court, where he spent six years; Jerry Brown to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, where he spent about eight years; and Deukmejian to the appellate bench in 1986.

Devich was a justice in 2/1 from Jan. 1986 to June 1992.