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Mar. 9, 2009

Change of Pace

When longtime civil law attorney David Cena took the bench 14 years ago, he was assigned to a criminal court, an area he scrambled to learn and with which he's never been bored.

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By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - Some civil lawyers who become judges are itching to hear such cases from the bench.

Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge David Cena, who spent his entire career as an attorney handling insurance defense and toxic torts, does not seem to mind that he has not done so.

At one time, Cena said he hoped to move to a civil calendar, but it never happened. So, the judge has devoted ... (continued)

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