Yolo County (Woodland) Superior Court
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Yolo County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2008; presiding judge 2019-20; adjunct professor of employment law, McGeorge School of Law, 2012-16; partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, 1998-2004; associate, Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plant and Hannegan LLP, 1996-98
Law School: McGeorge School of Law
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Yolo County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2008; presiding judge 2019-20; adjunct professor of employment law, McGeorge School of Law, 2012-16; partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, 1998-2004; associate, Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plant and Hannegan LLP, 1996-98
Law School: McGeorge School of Law
By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WOODLAND - A 20-year-old woman caught in the middle of a bitter family dispute recently gave court testimony urging the judge not to grant her parents custody of her younger brother and sister. She was scared to death to say this in front of her parents, she said, but she did not want her siblings' lives scarred the way hers was by abusive drug addicts.
That sort of raw testimony is not uncommon in Judge Samu... (continued)
