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Judges and Judiciary

Jan. 15, 2011

Superior Court Judge Blazed Trails

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Donna Hitchens, a trailblazer and the first openly gay woman in the country elected to a superior court, will be honored at a retirement ceremony later this month.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


San Francisco Superior Court Judge Donna Hitchens, a trailblazer and the first openly gay woman in the country elected to a superior court, will be honored at a retirement ceremony later this month.


Hitchens, who quietly retired on Nov. 5 but has been filling in as an assigned judge since then, will be recognized for two decades on the bench at a dinner beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 26 at the Vetera...

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