Neetu Badhan Smith

Neetu Badhan Smith is the first Sikh woman judge in the United States.[1] Badhan Smith is a judge for the Los Angeles County Superior Court of California.[2] She was appointed to the bench by former Governor Jerry Brown in 2017.[3][4]

Neetu Badhan Smith
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
BornSacramento, California, United States

Biography

She was born into an immigrant Ravidasia Sikh[5] family in California. Badhan-Smith earned a Juris Doctor degree from Southwestern Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.[3]

Prior to her appointment to the Superior Court, she had served as a deputy public defender at the Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office since 2004. She was an attorney at the Southern California Housing Rights Centre from 2003 to 2004.[6]

She is inspired by Indian jurist Dr. Ambedkar and his movement against casteism.[7]

She is religious and makes regular visits to Guru Ravidass Gurdwaras in California.[8]

References
  1. Jha, Ritu. "Two Indian-American attorneys appointed to Superior Court". IndiaAbroad.com.
  2. "Hate crime charges dropped against man who attacked Filipino family in Hollywood". Yahoo News.
  3. "Governor Brown Appoints Nine to Los Angeles County Superior Court | Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr". www.ca.gov.
  4. "Ex-NFL player and Harvard-Westlake alumnus pleads not guilty to charges of making criminal threats". Los Angeles Times. March 21, 2018.
  5. https://voiceonline.com/dr-ambedkar-international-symposium-on-emancipation-and-equality-day-celebrations-in-vancouver/
  6. "Judge Neetu S. Badhan-Smith". Trellis.
  7. Mall, posted by: Rattan (April 5, 2023). "Dr. Ambedkar International Symposium on Emancipation and Equality Day celebrations in Vancouver".
  8. "Neetu S. Badhan-Smith Judge at Sri Guru Ravidass Temple Fresno (California) IMG 8915" – via www.youtube.com.
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