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Jul. 12, 2021

Innovative

Judge Vedica Puri, the first Indian-American judge appointed to the San Francisco County bench, as a jurist for the first time she's well acquainted with addressing pressing issues that require her attention.

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Innovative

Vedica S. Puri

San Francisco County

Career Highlights: Appointed to San Francisco County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2019, retired March 3,2025; partner, Pillsbury & Coleman LLP, 2005-19; senior associate, Pillsbury & Coleman LLP, 2002-05; trial lawyer, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, 2001-02; trial lawyer, Sedgwick LLP, 2000-01; trial lawyer, Alborg, Veiluva & Cannata, 1996-99

Law School: Santa Clara U Law School

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SAN FRANCISCO — At a hearing last July before the start of a burglary trial, Judge Vedica Puri displayed a stack of transparent masks that witnesses must wear.

All eyes were on the judge to see how she would handle the trial of David Brown, who was facing felony burglary charges and had been sitting in jail for over a year. It was the first criminal trial to resume in the county since the start of the pandemic.

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