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Jan. 19, 2021

Procedure First

Judge Beatriz Gordon makes sure cases are properly before her.

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Procedure First
Orange County Superior

Career Highlights: Appointed to the Orange County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2010; associate general counsel, Western Dental Services Inc., Orange, 2008-10; attorney, Samuels, Green & Steel LLP, Irvine, 2007-08; attorney, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Irvine 1996-2007

Law School: Harvard Law School

WESTMINSTER -- It was a criminal plot straight out of a Hollywood movie. Judge Beatriz M.G. Gordon presided over hearings in a case involving a woman accused of posting Craigslist ads pretending to be another woman interested in being raped.

The ads invited men to a specific address to carry out the assault.

The Orange County case made national headlines.

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