Nov. 4, 2009

Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers was inspired by a tough childhood moment on the witness stand to become a lawyer, then a judge.

Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

Alameda County (Oakland) Superior Court

By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer

OAKLAND - When Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers was 10 years old, she sat on the witness stand and testified in her parents' messy divorce proceeding. It was an unpleasant but life-changing experience that led the Alameda County Superior Court judge into her legal career.

"I distinctly remember the brown ugly suit I was wearing that my mom put me in and I remember being on that witness stand and answering the judge... (continued)

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Nov. 4, 2009

Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers