I am fortunate to have enjoyed three careers.  First, I was a human rights lawyer, often representing tenants against their landlords or homeless people.  Then, I became a judge, initially a district judge trying civil cases, but later a circuit judge, largely trying criminal cases (jury trials involving serious offences).  But I have always explored many other areas of life.  Now that I am no longer a judge, I am combining the passions of my life - historical research, writing and photography.