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Dec. 16, 2014

Connie R. Quinones

Judge Connie Quinones deals with the burdens of dependency court by trying to keep families together.

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Connie R. Quinones
Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)

By Brian Cardile

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - As a longtime defense lawyer, Connie R. Quinones handled countless cases with agonizing and horrifying fact patterns, including one that merited a death penalty sentence. But such excruciation doesn't compare to the heart-rending matters she now hears as a dependency judge on the Los Angeles Superior Court bench.

"It's a completely different burden on my heart," Quinones said of ... (continued)

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