After some six years as a deputy district attorney for the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office, Oakland resident Amarra Lee was appointed to a judgeship in the county’s Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown Friday, according to a press release issued by the governor’s office.
Lee, 37, was among 10 other judges who were appointed to superior court judgeships across the state Friday and will be the first African-American woman ever appointed to the San Mateo County Superior Court. She fills a vacancy created by the conversion of a court commissioner position in the San Mateo County Superior Court Aug. 28, according to the release.
Lee held several positions at Farella, Braun and Martel LLP from 2006 to 2012 and served as an extern for the Honorable Teri L. Jackson at the San Francisco County Superior Court in 2006. She earned a juris doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley, according to the release.
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