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Jan. 30, 2013

Emily E. Vasquez

Born to field workers, Emily E. Vasquez discovered the law's potential to bear fruit

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Emily E. Vasquez
Sacramento County (Sacramento)

By Paul Jones

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Many judges come from the middle class, sometimes with a familial tradition of legal practice. But Judge Emily Vasquez of the Sacramento County Superior Court spent much of her childhood as the child of migrant laborers in California's Central Valley, working with her hands on her vacations.

"I consider myself so fortunate to have been born into the family I was," Vasquez said. "My parents were ... (continued)

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