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Sep. 20, 2019

Rapid-fire Approach

Rapid-fire Approach

Rachel E. Holt

San Mateo County (Redwood City)

Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Mateo Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, April 2020. Appointed commissioner by San Mateo County Superior Court judges, 2014; partner, Carr, Yeley and Associates, Redwood City, 2006-14; sole practitioner, 2003-14; deputy district attorney, San Mateo County, 1998-2002.

Law School: Santa Clara University School of Law
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There’s a calm in which Commissioner Rachel E. Holt talks about presiding over 300 cases on four different calendars every week.

She alternates between taking pleas on felony cases, a multitude of disputes in family law, small claims, and the obligatory traffic court assignments. As she explained all this recently, in between preparing to cover a domestic violence calendar, the phone rings. It’s her clerk asking about a ... (continued)

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