Samantha Adhikari
Adjunct Professor
Bio
Samantha Adhikari received her BA in Political Science from the University of California Irvine and her J.D. from the UC Law SF. Ms. Adhikari is a Deputy District Attorney with the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office, assigned to the Domestic Violence unit. Previously, Ms. Adhikari worked as an Assistant District Attorney for the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office. Ms. Adhikari oversees cases from arraignment through verdict. To date, Ms. Adhikari has tried over 20 jury trials involving a range of crimes (assaults with great bodily injury, robbery, carjacking, possession of firearms, etc.).
Prior to law school, Ms. Adhikari served in the U.S. Peace Corps, in the Philippines.