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Jun. 30, 2009

Part of the Solution

Magistrate Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo of the Southern District has developed a solid reputation for resolving disputes.

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U.S. Southern District of California
Southern District Court of California
By Pat Broderick
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN DIEGO - It was the post-Watergate '70s, and many of Cathy Ann Bencivengo's fellow high-schoolers were feeling mighty cynical about the government. But not the young woman who was then known as Cathy Ann Palumbo.

"I wanted to be a senator," recalled Bencivengo, 50, now a U.S. magistrate judge in San Diego. "I believed that if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem."

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