By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LAKEPORT - Richard C. Martin had never even heard of the tiny Pacific island of Kosrae when he was offered a chance to work there as a private attorney in the mid-1990s.
He turned down that job, but became so intrigued by the remote tropical paradise in Micronesia that a couple months later he answered an ad to become the island state's attorney general.
"I thought, if I don't do it now I'll never... (continued)
Sep. 24, 2008
Reefs to Reefers
Richard C. Martin has had an eclectic legal career. As attorney general of a Pacific island in the '90s, Martin helped protect ocean coral. Now, as a Lake County judge, he oversees a busy criminal court, including many drug cases.
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