Janet Kintner

About The Author

Janet Kintner was an early lawyer and judge who broke barriers in San Diego, California, where she was married and raised three children, a dog, and a cat. She was challenged and forced to run in an election to save her job in 1978. She has edited and written many legal articles, but this is her first memoir. Her children are now married and have given her four “perfect” grandchildren. She lives with her second husband, a Canadian, part time in Victoria, Canada, but mostly in San Diego.

Books by Janet Kintner

A Judge's Tale

A Trailblazer Fights for Her Place on the Bench

By Janet Kintner
For fans of The Good Wife and Suits, the true story of a passionately principled young female judge in the man’s world of the ’60s and ’70s who is forced to defend her judgeship against two male challengers in a grueling election—while pregnant with her second child.
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