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http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1857978
DENVER -- A no-nonsense federal judge who presided over the Oklahoma City
bombing trials now has another high-profile case in his courtroom: the civil
suit filed against NBA star Kobe Bryant by the woman accusing him of sexual
assault.
U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch is best known for handling the trials of
Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols in the 1995 Oklahoma City case. But in 30
years on the bench, he also presided over a protracted school busing case,
the trials of anti-Semitic militants convicted of assassinating a talk show
host and the sentencing of a forestry worker who admitted starting
Colorado's worst wildfire.
"If there's any judge that's able to keep it from becoming a circus, it's
Judge Matsch, just like he was able to keep the Oklahoma City bombing case
from becoming a circus," said attorney Dan Recht, who has had numerous cases
before Matsch.
"He's a very smart judge that maintains complete control of his courtroom,
and that is well-respected generally by all sides to all litigation," he
said.
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