Vedica Puri, a San Francisco attorney, sworn in as a superior court judge.
It indeed is the year of the woman, it seems. After a stupendous series of firsts that women created in the US House of Representatives, earlier this month, here’s another news coming in from the West Coast to make hearts swell.
San Francisco attorney Vedica Puri was sworn in as as a superior court judge for the San Francisco County in California on January 4
The court’s presiding Judge Garrett L. Wong swore in Puri, the first Indian American to hold the position.
She was one of the 12 appointments made by the outgoing California Gov. Jerry Brown for superior courts, all of them are Democrats, last year.
Puri succeeds Judge Tracie L. Brown, who has been elevated to the Court of Appeal.
Puri, a graduate of the Santa Clara University School of Law, has been a partner at Pillsbury & Coleman LLP since 2005. She has also worked as a trial lawyer at Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Sedgwick LLP and Alborg, Veiluva & Cannata.
During her successful career as a lawyer, Puri has counseled many companies and some of her recent achievements include serving as an appointed Judge Pro Team at San Francisco Superior Court.
Puri, 47, in her new role adds another feather in the illustrious career graph Indian Americans and particularly women have been creating in the recent past.
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