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Jesus Lopez’s biggest fear: that his boss will make him return 25 years’ worth of pay. It would be fair, he says, because what he does as a community worker at California Rural Legal Assistance, the Salinas-based nonprofit providing legal services to the rural poor, doesn’t feel like work. “…

Lost in Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron-clad career resurgence is his dramatic talent, which people will expect but not really receive in The Judge. As Tony Stark in lawyer clothing, Downey’s Hank Palmer is a hotshot Chicago defense attorney who wants nothing to do with his small hometown of Carlin…