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Justice Wes Walker was a native Californian who grew up with a father who was a judge. He attended Glendale High School and then Stanford University, where he majored in geology before deciding to pursue a career in law. He attended USC Law School and then worked for the Los Angeles County Counsel before joining a law firm in Santa Ana. He eventually became the managing partner of the firm and then moved to Napa in 1980. He was appointed to the Napa Superior Court in 1985 and was active in trial delay reduction efforts. In 1996, he was appointed to the California Appellate Court, Division Three.