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Aug. 22, 2025

Finding Closure

Retired Santa Clara County judge Vanessa Zecher helps families confront challenges head-on.

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Finding Closure

Career Highlights: Joined JAMS in May 2024; elected to Santa Clara Superior Court, 2010

JAMS
Family law

Retired judge Vanessa A. Zecher was still in grade school when she first started working on family law cases.

"The earliest memory I have is I was about six years old, and I got to close the open files that were resolved," Zecher said, recalling time she spent as a kid in her mother and father's law office.

"At that time, we had real law library books," she added with a chuckle. "And I also loved putting the supplements into the ... (continued)

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