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...Zobel was a household name in Boston even before “The Practice” immortalized him through Judge Hiller...
...presided over the notorious “Nanny Case” in which the au pair Louise Woodward was accused of violently shaking a Newton family’s baby to death. The jury found Woodward guilty of second-degree murder—but Zobel overturned the verdict, finding the British au pair guilty of the lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter. Woodward went free with time served...
...Zobel made national news with his shocking decision to disregard the jury’s recommendation and solidified the unique reputation he built over 22 years as a Middlesex judge...
...Judge Zobel was fiercely independent,” says Harvey Silverglate, Woodward’s defense lawyer. “He had the courage of his convictions, too. When he was convinced he was right, he stuck to his guns...
Even as a first-year at Harvard, Zobel exhibited his independent—and sometimes in-your-face—attitude...