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American lawyer
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Cindy Seeley Hendrickson is a Judge of the Santa Clara County Superior Court.
She earned her bachelor's degree from Stanford University and a Juris Doctor from University of California, Los Angeles. In 1995, Hendrickson began working for Santa Clara County's District Attorney's Office. During her employment, she acted in supervisory roles at the Palo Alto Courthouse and the District Attorney's Family Violence Unit. In October 2017, she launched a campaign to replace Judge Aaron Persky. He was recalled due to his controversial sentence in People v. Turner. On June 5, 2018, Hendrickson was elected by voters to serve the four years remaining of Persky's term.