Usually, this column is devoted to the lighter side of the legal profession. Maybe, as a music reviewer once noted about my vocal performance, the column is “occasionally somewhat pleasant” to read. What I wish to say here may not really be pleasant, to write or to read, and certainly is not intended to be funny.

I write in connection with Superior Court Judge E. Curtissa Cofield’s suspension. I’ve never met her. I have no opinion with regard to whether she is a good or a bad judge. But I do know that history repeats itself. This bit of history is personal. It involves a lawyer, alcohol, a motor vehicle, a scandal, a judge and death: two deaths, in fact.

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