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Jul. 17, 2025

Judge Kinna Patel Crocker controls courtroom with grace, mercy, humility

Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Kinna Patel Crocker, whose first courtroom experience came at her own citizenship ceremony as a teen, now presides with a settlement-first philosophy shaped by her family law background. 

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Judge Kinna Patel Crocker controls courtroom with grace, mercy, humility

Kinna Patel Crocker

Sonoma County Superior Court

Career Highlights: Appointed to the Sonoma County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Oct. 5, 2023; owner, Crocker Law, Santa Rosa, 2013-23; associate, Terre Family Law Inc., Santa Rosa, 2011-13; associate, Lozano Smith, Santa Rosa, 2010-11; senior associate, Northern California Family Law Group, Sacramento, 2004-08; associate, intern, Molina Healthcare Inc., Sacramento, 2002-03

Law School: University of San Francisco School of Law, 2002
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Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Kinna Patel Crocker's first view of a U.S. courtroom came at age 16 when she took the oath to become an American citizen.

Her Indian parents brought her to the U.S. from London two years after her birth there. When she was a teen, her naturalization ceremony took place in a small courthouse in Greeneville, Tennessee.

"I remember walking into the courtroom, and I felt intimidated and excited at the same time," sh... (continued)

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