BENCH SCHOLAR: Superior Court Judge Luis A....

BENCH SCHOLAR: Superior Court Judge Luis A. Cardenas has always been fascinated with ancient Rome. Cardenas, 48, has since compiled a personal library of more than 2,000 rare and scholarly books on ancient history and is a frequent speaker on the subject. . . . “I wanted to be an ancient history professor but there weren’t any jobs, so I went to law school,” says the jurist. “Now I have the best of two worlds.”