By Asia Samachar | United States |
Raj Singh Badhesha has been appointed to serve as a judge in the Fresno County Superior Court.
Badhesha has served as Chief Assistant City Attorney in the Fresno City Attorney’s Office since 2022 and has served in several roles there since 2012. He was an Associate at Baker Manock & Jensen from 2008 to 2012.
Badhesha earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Jon N. Kapetan. Badhesha is a Democrat.
The Fresno County Superior Court, also known as the Superior Court of California, County of Fresno, is the branch of the California superior court with jurisdiction over Fresno County.
Each county has one superior court to hear civil and criminal cases. The superior courts vary in size from 1 to 55 branches. A superior court is a trial court in which a judge or jury decides cases by applying the law to the facts presented by witnesses’ testimony and other evidence.
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Badhes’s appointment, along with 17 other superior court judge, in a statement on May 3.
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