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Jaya Badiga: Telugu people have been making waves abroad for a while now. We already have someone of Indian origin as the Prime Minister of Britain, and there are many people of Indian origin in the superpower’s ruling cabinet. Adding to this list of achievements, a Telugu woman has recently received a rare honor in the land of Agra.
Jaya Badiga from Vijayawada has been appointed as a judge in the Sacramento Superior Court in California. She has been a court commissioner since 2022. She was recently promoted to the rank of Supreme Court Judge of Sacramento Superior Court, making her the first Telugu person to receive this accolade in California.
Jaya was a specialist in family law during her tenure as a court commissioner. She has also served as a teacher and mentor, and many people applaud her for taking on this new role.
Jaya was born in Vijayawada and did her elementary schooling in Hyderabad. She attended Osmania University from 1991 to 1994, where she earned a BA in Psychology and Political Science. She subsequently relocated to the United States, where she attended Santa Clara University School of Law and received her Juris Doctorate. She passed the California State Bar Exam in 2009 and practiced law in private for almost a decade.
Jaya Badiga has been serving as Sacramento Superior Court Commissioner since 2022. With Sacramento Superior Court Judge Robert Lapham’s retirement, Jaya Badiga was appointed as Superior Judge, a significant milestone in her career and for the Telugu community.
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