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  Daily Journal Staff Writer 

  Running a family law court room is "like a verbal or emotional jujutsu," said Christopher
  B. Harmon, a family law judge in Riverside County Superior Court since August 2014. 

  "People get emotional," Harmon explained. "It is important you understand where people
  are coming from" because, from there, you can "Take their anger and redirect it."


  Harmon, who is 40-ye... (continued)