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My First Trial: Lessons I Learned in a Pelican Bay Prison Case
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I was 16 years old when, like much of the nation, I became
transfixed by the O.J. Simpson criminal trial. I knew then I wanted
to be a lawyer.
Fast forward 20 years to a federal courtroom in San Francisco
where I represented a prisoner, Jesse Perez, pro bono in a civil
rights case against prison guards at the super-max Pelican Bay
State Prison for retaliating against him in violation of the First
Amendment.
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Originally published in California Lawyer, June 16,
2016
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