Santa Clara County (San Jose)
Career Highlights: Retired January 2021, Santa Clara County Superior Court, appointed by Gov. Gray Davis, 2000; deputy district attorney, Santa Clara County, 1987-2000
Law School: Lincoln Law School
Career Highlights: Retired January 2021, Santa Clara County Superior Court, appointed by Gov. Gray Davis, 2000; deputy district attorney, Santa Clara County, 1987-2000
Law School: Lincoln Law School
SAN JOSE — A pre-World War II lawyer in Romania, Judge Linda Clark’s grandmother was an early role model. And while she was admired greatly, she had a peculiar name for her granddaughter.
“She called me the accuser,” Clark said. “It was very funny.”
That’s because Clark always wanted to be a prosecutor and secretly rooted for Perry Mason’s nemesis when she and her grandmother watched tel... (continued)