Career Highlights: Appointed to the Riverside County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, Dec. 22, 2017; assistant public defender, deputy public defender, Riverside County, 2009-17; staff attorney, California Appellate Project, 2007-08.
Law School: Santa Clara University School of Law, 2006
RIVERSIDE — At 37, Judge Emma Smith was the youngest in her class of judicial appointees throughout California, but she was confident about the timing of her application.
“You can make a lot of changes and see developments you want to see happen in your community,” she said of being a younger bench officer.
Early this year, she’ll take over a mental health court stemming from a new dive... (continued)
