About Neetu Badhan Smith
Neetu Badhan Smith was a judge.
Neetu Badhan Smith is the first Sikh woman judge in the United States. Badhan Smith is a judge for the Los Angeles County Superior Court of California. She was appointed to the bench by former Governor Jerry Brown in 2017.
Biography She was born into an immigrant Ravidasia Sikh 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.
She is inspired by Indian jurist Dr. Ambedkar and his movement against casteism.
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