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Mar. 16, 2020

Calm in the Chaos

Judge Nicole Isger juggles a combined felony and misdemeanor calendar with aplomb.

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Calm in the Chaos

Nicole Isger

Santa Clara County (Palo Alto)

Career Highlights: Appointed to the Santa Clara County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, Jan. 2, 2019; sole practitioner, Los Altos; partner, Geffon & Isger, San Jose, 2004-15; deputy public defender, Santa Clara County, 2000-04; deputy public defender, Contra Costa County, 1999-2000

Law School: UC Davis School of Law
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PALO ALTO — With a little more than a year on the bench, Judge Nicole Isger is doing double duty: overseeing misdemeanors and felonies from arraignment through trial.

“It’s a little bit of doing everything and the kitchen sink,” she said.

A former criminal defense attorney, Isger took on the assignments after moving to the courthouse in Palo Alto in January. One of the keys to managing t... (continued)

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