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Mar. 13, 2019

Self Taught

Judge Dora Rios is known for doing her own research, not relying on attorneys to educate her.

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Self Taught

Dora M. Rios

Solano Superior Court (Fairfield)

Career Highlights: Appointed to the Solano County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, Dec. 22, 2017; deputy alternate public defender, Solano County alternate public defender's office, 2000-2017; attorney, Law Offices of Robert J. Bele, 1999-2000; law clerk, Santa Clara County public defender's office, 1998.

Law School: Santa Clara University School of Law, 1998

Solano County Superior Court
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In her first year on the bench, Solano County Superior Court Judge Dora M. Rios has learned more about the law and about herself than she expected.

As an immigrant who came to the United States with her farmworker parents when she was 4, Rios used to shy away from talking about her journey from Mexico or from immigrant to resident to citizen. But being the first Latina to sit on the county court, she said, has encouraged... (continued)

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