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Sep. 19, 2011

Robert C. Rice

Commissioner Robert C. Rice has an understated way of moving a lot of cases very quickly.

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By Pat Alston

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN DIEGO - Superior Court Commissioner Robert C. Rice has a knack for moving his hefty misdemeanor trial-setting and readiness calendars, lawyers say.

Calm and methodical, Rice plows through 20 to 30 trial settings by 9:30 a.m. and another 50 to 55 readiness hearings before noon. Attorney Paul H. Neuharth figures that's about a minute per case, not including the time it takes to keep self-represented litigant... (continued)

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