Sharon Woo started her legal career as a district attorney in Santa Clara County after graduating with a bachelor’s degree from UCLA and a law degree from the University Of San Francisco School of Law.
Woo’s commendable career as a veteran prosecutor includes serving as chief of operations for the Department of Police Accountability in San Francisco. During her eight years of service there, she worked extensively with the California Department Of Justice on 270 collaborative reform initiatives. These reforms were recommended by the U.S. Department of Justice for “assessing necessary policing improvements in various areas, including use of force, bias, community policing practices, and accountability.”