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Oct. 16, 2009

No Stranger To Controversy

Andrea Bryan's courtroom seems to attract high-profile cases, which she handles with aplomb and professionalism.

Read more about Andrea Y. Bryan...

By Craig Anderson

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Andrea Bryan says she tries to keep a low profile, but big cases keep finding her.

Bryan's judicial career has included the decade-old Pink Poodle murder case, in which employees of a San Jose topless bar were acquitted of beating a patron to death. In 2005, She presided over the racially charged trial of two Asian-American Palo Alto police officers for fe... (continued)

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