Spotlight on Higher Education: Hon. Risë Jones Pichon (Ret.)

Tell us about your background and what brought you to JAMS: I served as a superior court judge in Santa Clara County from 1998 until my retirement in April 2019. I joined JAMS as a mediator/arbitrator in May 2019. While on the superior court, I was elected to serve as presiding judge in 2015 and 2016, and I am the first person of color to serve in this position in Santa Clara County. Before that, I served as a judge of the municipal court from 1984 to 1998. My prior work as an attorney included service as a deputy county counsel from 1979 to 1983 and a deputy public defender from 1976 to 1979. 

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