Santa Clara Superior
Career Highlights: Appointed by Gov. Gray Davis to Santa Clara Superior Court, September 2003, retired May 2024; deputy county counsel, Santa Clara County counsel's office, 2002-03; volunteer deputy district attorney, Santa Clara County district attorney's office, 2002; sole practitioner, 2001; deputy county counsel, Santa Clara County counsel's office, 1992-2001; research attorney, Santa Clara Superior Court, 1990-92
Law School: Hastings College of the Law, 1989
Career Highlights: Appointed by Gov. Gray Davis to Santa Clara Superior Court, September 2003, retired May 2024; deputy county counsel, Santa Clara County counsel's office, 2002-03; volunteer deputy district attorney, Santa Clara County district attorney's office, 2002; sole practitioner, 2001; deputy county counsel, Santa Clara County counsel's office, 1992-2001; research attorney, Santa Clara Superior Court, 1990-92
Law School: Hastings College of the Law, 1989
SAN JOSE -- The transition from attorney to judge is not always a smooth one, as Carrie A. Zepeda, a well-regarded Santa Clara County deputy county counsel, discovered after her appointment two years ago to the Superior Court bench.
Within 12 months of her appointment, Zepeda found herself the target of numerous peremptory challenges by defense attorneys, forcing those cases to be reassigned to other judges.
Some members of the defense bar were unhappy with he... (continued)
