
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Alameda County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, January 2024; Commissioner, Alameda County Superior Court, 2018-2023; research attorney, Alameda County Superior Court, 2004-18; temporary judge, 2015-18; associate attorney, Cartwright Law Firm, 2002-04
Law School: Golden Gate University School of Law, 2002
For Alameda County Superior Court Commissioner Bentrish Satarzadeh, wearing the black robe all day every day took the most getting used to on especially hot days.
After her appointment in 2018, she said jokingly, “We had about a month where our ventilation system wasn’t functioning correctly. That was hard. The other thing that took me some getting used to was just having to sit for long periods of time. You don’t have th... (continued)