Career Highlights: Vedica Puri is a former San Francisco County Superior Court judge who presided over civil trials, mandatory settlement conferences, law and motion, and probate matters, and previously a trial attorney.
Law School: Santa Clara U Law School
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SAN FRANCISCO — At a hearing last July before the start of a burglary trial, Judge Vedica Puri displayed a stack of transparent masks that witnesses must wear.
All eyes were on the judge to see how she would handle the trial of David Brown, who was facing felony burglary charges and had been sitting in jail for over a year. It was the first criminal trial to resume in the county since the start of the pandemic.
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