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Jun. 29, 2008

Calm Throughout the Storm

A lifelong fisherman, Judge Patrick T. Madden says the ocean relaxes him. Lawyers say he has a similarly soothing, steady presence on the bench.

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Calm Throughout the Storm

Patrick T. Madden

Los Angeles County (Long Beach)
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By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 5

LONG BEACH - Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Patrick T. Madden was 9 or 10 when his mother took him on his first deep-sea fishing trip.

It wasn't that his mom enjoyed the sport particularly, the judge said. But Phyllis Madden knew her youngest son would. "Fishing Flashes," a local television show, was one of his favorite programs.

"The host was the operator of a ... (continued)

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