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Satnam Rattu is an Indian origin judge of the Superior Court of Sacramento County in
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and he is a
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Legal career

Rattu has been appointed to serve as a judge in the
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by the governor
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on October 7, 2022 filling the vacancy created by the retirement of the Hon. Kevin R. Culhane. Prior to this appointment he served as a deputy district attorney at the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office since 2008. Rattu was a law clerk at Freidberg & Parker from 2006 to 2007.


Early life and education

He was born and raised in the Indian family of Mohinder Singh Rattu and Gurpal Kaur Rattu of
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origin in Yuba City, California and attended Yuba City High School. He received his undergraduate degree from
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. Rattu earned his Juris Doctor from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law.


References

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