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Jul. 12, 2023

Judge Fernando Aenlle-Rocha knows the burden of doing the right thing

Federal judge says younger self couldn't image opportunities

Read more about Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha...
U.S. District Central District of California
Judge

Halfway through his second year at UC Berkeley School of Law, U.S. District Judge Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha was no longer sure that he wanted to become an attorney. "I was not very happy, and I wasn't finding a lot of fulfillment in the classes," he reflected.

Born in Cuba and raised in Miami, Aenlle-Rocha came from a working-class family and did not have much exposure to the legal field growing up. The Los Angeles judg... (continued)

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