California Supreme Court (San Francisco)
Career Highlights: Appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom as a justice, California Supreme Court, 2020; judicial appointments secretary to Newsom, 2019-20; justice, 1st District Court of Appeal, 2008-19; U.S. district judge, Northern District of California, 1997-2008; judge, Alameda County Superior Court, 1992-97; judge, Oakland-Piedmont-Emeryville Municipal Court, 1989-92; civil litigator, Pacific Bell Telephone Co., 1985-89; trial attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1983-1985; deputy district attorney, Alameda County, 1981-83, law clerk 1980-1981.
Law School: University of San Francisco School of Law
Career Highlights: Appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom as a justice, California Supreme Court, 2020; judicial appointments secretary to Newsom, 2019-20; justice, 1st District Court of Appeal, 2008-19; U.S. district judge, Northern District of California, 1997-2008; judge, Alameda County Superior Court, 1992-97; judge, Oakland-Piedmont-Emeryville Municipal Court, 1989-92; civil litigator, Pacific Bell Telephone Co., 1985-89; trial attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1983-1985; deputy district attorney, Alameda County, 1981-83, law clerk 1980-1981.
Law School: University of San Francisco School of Law
California Supreme Court Justice Martin J. Jenkins has been on so many courts some of them no longer exist. His late father even had a joke about it.
“His middle son didn’t seem to be able to keep a job,” Jenkins said.
Jenkins joined a municipal court in Alameda County in 1989 and three years later Gov. George Deukmejian appointed him to the Superior Court. He then became a federal judge, followed by ... (continued)
