
Career Highlights: Elected as Stanislaus County Superior Court judge, 2002; deputy district attorney, Stanislaus County, 1989-2002
Law School: University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 1988
MODESTO — Criminal appearances were winding down on a recent Thursday morning in Stanislaus County Superior Court, but Judge Linda A. McFadden still took the time to explain their circumstances to the defendants and convicts.
To one criminal who had violated probation, she explained the only way he can serve time out of jail in the county’s work program is if he posts bail on a subsequent offense he just committed.