PRESENTER BIO

Rebecca Connolly

Judge Connolly is the Supervising Judge of the Watsonville Branch of the Santa Cruz County Superior Court.  She currently manages a family law calendar that includes reviewing domestic violence restraining order requests and trial.  Since being elected and appointed to the bench in 2010, she has served as a criminal judge for domestic violence cases, a juvenile judge covering dependency and juvenile justice calendars, and been responsible for the civil and probate law assignments.  Judge Connolly earned her JD from the University of California, School of Law, Davis and her BA from the University of California, Berkeley.