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Sep. 26, 2019

A New Day

War taught Judge Panteha Saban to consider people's back stories for more understanding.

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A New Day

Panteha E. Saban

Santa Clara County (San Jose)

Career Highlights: Appointed to the Santa Clara Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown in October 2018; deputy public defender, Santa Clara county, 2000-18; staff attorney, Appellate Defenders Inc., San Diego, 1998-2000

Law School: California Western School of Law
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SAN JOSE — Growing up in war-torn Iran in the mid-1980s, Judge Panteha Saban didn’t know if she’d live to see another day let alone a courtroom.

She was 7during the Iran-Iraq war and recalled spending most nights in a basement with her family, hoping to survive the bombing.

“I saw red flashes, heard sirens, screaming, people running around and thought, ‘This was it; we were going to die,... (continued)

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