Article written by Matthew S. Bajko for ebar.com.
San Francisco Deputy Public Defender Linda Colfax has spent the last 12 years representing clients accused of everything from sexual crimes and burglaries to assault with a deadly weapon. Now the out lesbian lawyer is ready to tackle the legal system from a different perspective.
She is running to become a judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court on the June 2010 ballot. So far she is the sole female candidate among a field of four male opponents – three of them out gay men – who also are eyeing a run for the bench. Read more »