Candidate for
Judge of the Superior Court; County of Santa Clara; Office 2

LEGAL EDUCATION Graduated Santa Clara University Law School and Admitted to the Bar,1985; President, Public Interest Law Foundation; Editorial Editor, The Advocate, Law School Newspaper; Co-coordinator, Child Care and the Law Conference; Community Service Award for "Exceptional Service in Advancing the Best Interest of the Law School Community"

EXTENSIVE LEGAL EXPERIENCE Teaching Fellow and then Assistant Director, Legal Research & Writing Program, Santa Clara University Law School (2years); Santa Clara County Government Attorney with the Public Defender's Office (13 years)

EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM Supervised and handled thousands of felony and misdemeanor cases on high volume court caseloads; Handled juvenile, misdemeanor and felony trials; Argued successfully before the California Supreme Court; Experience handling civil mental competency hearings; Lecturer for statewide criminal justice attorneys' assn.; Trainer for Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) Evidence Workshop

EXTENSIVE SUPERVISORIAL EXPERIENCE Managed the newly opened South County office in San Martin; Trained and supervised newly hired attorneys; Instrumental in the recent reorganization of all felony drug cases which resulted in the dramatic reduction of cases awaiting trial and the rehabilitation of nonviolent drug offenders

COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY Mental Health Jail Diversion Steering Committee/Task Force; Domestic Violence Council Subcommittee on Legislation, Former Member; Appeared on PBS broadcast "Crime & Punishment in America"; County Housing and Industry Task Force, Former Member; Conducted and coauthored San Martin Airport Study for the Board of Supervisors; Commencement Speaker, Gavilan College; Government Attorneys' Association Member; County Bar Association Member and former member of its Judiciary Committee; Morgan Hill Planning Commission, Former Chairperson

Mother of 3 children/32 year resident of Santa Clara County Also see http://www.susanbernardini.com Family Page for more information