Santa Cruz County (Santa Cruz)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Santa Cruz County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, October 2018; elected judge, June 2018; senior appellate research attorney, 6th District Court of Appeal, San Jose, 1998-2004, 2012-18; judge pro tempore, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz County Superior Courts, 2015-18; sole practitioner, Santa Cruz, 2006-12; associate, Kennedy, Archer & Harray, Monterey, 2005-06; legal program director, Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence, San Jose, 1997; annual attorney, Supreme Court of California, 1995-96; associate, Chanler & Associates, San Francisco, 1994-95
Law School: UC Hastings College of the Law
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Santa Cruz County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, October 2018; elected judge, June 2018; senior appellate research attorney, 6th District Court of Appeal, San Jose, 1998-2004, 2012-18; judge pro tempore, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz County Superior Courts, 2015-18; sole practitioner, Santa Cruz, 2006-12; associate, Kennedy, Archer & Harray, Monterey, 2005-06; legal program director, Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence, San Jose, 1997; annual attorney, Supreme Court of California, 1995-96; associate, Chanler & Associates, San Francisco, 1994-95
Law School: UC Hastings College of the Law
SANTA CRUZ — Judge Syda K. Cogliati’s bus ride to work doubled as a campaign platform when she ran for the bench.
She’d often hand campaign literature to her fellow riders and sit and chat with them every morning on her way to her job as a senior research attorney for the 6th District Court of Appeal.
“The day after the election, when I got on my bus, they gave me a standing ovation,” Co... (continued)
