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Apr. 18, 2022

Command and Control

Judge Jonathan Karesh is methodical and firm in his San Mateo court.

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San Mateo County (Redwood City)

REDWOOD CITY — Judge Jonathan E. Karesh was presiding judge of San Mateo County Superior Court when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, and is glad to be back trying cases.

“I try to run a user-friendly courtroom,” Karesh said in an interview in his chambers. “I want to make it a courtroom where everybody wants to be.”

Attorneys who have gotten to know him for years praise Karesh as a compassionate an... (continued)

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