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Mar. 27, 2026

Judge Alin Cintean's path to the bench shaped by immigration and loss

Former prosecutor and defense attorney credits immigrant upbringing and varied legal career for his perspective

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Judge Alin Cintean's path to the bench shaped by immigration and loss

Alin Cintean

Sacramento County Superior Court

Career Highlights: Appointed Sacramento County Superior Court Judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Aug. 5, 2023; adjunct faculty, Lincoln Law School of Sacramento, 2025-present; commissioner, Sacramento County Superior Court, 2020-2023; Sole Practitioner, 2014-2020; partner, Dudek, Bonilla & Cintean LLP, 2013-2014; adjunct professor, University of Northern California, Lorenzo Patiño School of Law, 2011-2013; partner, Bonilla & Cintean LLP, 2010-2013; deputy district attorney, Sacramento County District Attorney's Office, 2005-2010

Law School: University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 2005
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SACRAMENTO -- Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Alin Cintean still remembers the date his family arrived in California: May 10, 1995.

He was 14, newly arrived from Romania after more than four years separated from his father, who had left shortly after the fall of communism and spent years working to bring the rest of the family to the United States.

The family settled in the Sacramento suburb of Rancho Cordova -- and for the teenager, something clicked. ... (continued)

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