William W Bedsworth

October 16, 2009 | The Recorder

Justice William Bedsworth recalls the time he accidentally (right, accidentally) drove up the local price for performing weddings. To all the judges out there: Your thanks are overdue.

By William W. Bedsworth

9 minute read

November 22, 2000 | Law.com

The real shame, says William Bedsworth (looking back a year from now), is that the outbreak of political Ebola in Florida could not be contained. Before the necessary carload of common-sense antivenin could reach the afflicted citizens, American television networks, desperate to divert attention from the election-night fiasco, were reporting and broadcasting West Palm Beach psychosis all over the country.

By William W. Bedsworth

12 minute read

July 24, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Modern students seem to be as comfortable in court as they are at prom. And they have a . . . heightened . . . sense of entitlement to personal fairness.

By William W. Bedsworth

9 minute read

June 23, 2000 | Law.com

William W. Bedsworth, a California appellate court justice, is getting tired of reading U.S. Supreme Court opinions. It's not that he doesn't want to follow precedent, but the opinions are getting a little long -- and more convoluted than a Russian novel.

By William W. Bedsworth

8 minute read

December 19, 2003 | Law.com

That whirring sound you hear is Hiram Johnson, spinning in his grave. Gov. Johnson, as our country's Westernmost governor, was responsible for turning out the country's lights every evening from 1911 to 1917, a tradition revived by Gray Davis, who arranged for all the lights to go out early in his second term. Gray thus breathed life back into the state motto by causing Californians to shout "Eureka" if the lights came on when they flicked the switch.

By William W. Bedsworth

8 minute read

August 14, 2009 | The Recorder

Don't know what you've been doing, but Justice William Bedsworth traded in his hip. And that made him contemplate how badly lawyers and such take care of themselves.

By William W. Bedsworth

10 minute read

June 03, 2011 | The Recorder

The state's discovery of $6,600,000,000 in additional revenues has Justice Bedsworth contemplating a figurative apocalypse.

By William W. Bedsworth

10 minute read

December 11, 2009 | The Recorder

William Bedsworth is shocked to discover that body fat(!) has become liquid gold.

By William W. Bedsworth

8 minute read

July 01, 2005 | Law.com

Want to know what those quotes in judicial profiles really mean? Willam W. Bedsworth provides the key to reading the code used by lawyers when they describe judges.

By William W. Bedsworth

10 minute read

February 11, 2002 | National Law Journal

Mr. K., Mrs. K., and Baby K. give a rich picture of the love rituals of the rich and famous.

By William W. Bedsworth

9 minute read