SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO — Although new to the bench, San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Nancy Fineman has been there before.
Fineman’s father was a lawyer and would bring her to court often when she was a child. One day a judge let her sit on the bench. That judge was Cecil Mossbacker, the first woman to serve on the Alameda County Superior Court.
“I didn’t realize girls couldn’t be jud... (continued)