• District Court, N.D. California

  Judge

  1997 – 2008 · 11 yrsAppointed by William Jefferson Clinton

Career

• Associate justice

  California Court of Appeal, First District

  2008 – present · 18 yrs

• Judge

  Superior Court of California, County of Alameda

  1992 – 1997 · 5 yrs

• Judge

  Oakland-Piedmont-Emeryville California Municipal Court

  1989 – 1992 · 3 yrs

• Civil litigator

  Pacific Bell Legal Department

  1985 – 1989 · 4 yrs

• Trial attorney

  Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice

  1983 – 1985 · 2 yrs

• Deputy district attorney

  1981 – 1983 · 2 yrs

• Law clerk

  Alameda County California District Attorney's Office

  1980 – 1981 · 1 yr