Alameda County Superior Court (Hayward)
Career Highlights: Elected Alameda County Superior Court judge, 2010, sworn in, January 2011; administrative law judge, California Public Utilities Commission, 2007-10; administrative law judge, California Department of Insurance, 2006; acting assistant chief counsel, senior staff counsel, staff counsel, California Electricity Oversight Board, 2003-06; general counsel, chief patent counsel, Telegen Corp., 2000-02; sole practitioner, 1997-99; patent attorney, Ampex Corp., 1996-97; sole practitioner, 1993-96; associate, McCubbrey Bartels Meyers & Ward, 1990-93; sole practitioner, 1989-90, New Orleans.
Law School: Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center
Career Highlights: Elected Alameda County Superior Court judge, 2010, sworn in, January 2011; administrative law judge, California Public Utilities Commission, 2007-10; administrative law judge, California Department of Insurance, 2006; acting assistant chief counsel, senior staff counsel, staff counsel, California Electricity Oversight Board, 2003-06; general counsel, chief patent counsel, Telegen Corp., 2000-02; sole practitioner, 1997-99; patent attorney, Ampex Corp., 1996-97; sole practitioner, 1993-96; associate, McCubbrey Bartels Meyers & Ward, 1990-93; sole practitioner, 1989-90, New Orleans.
Law School: Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center
(Gary Wagner / Special to the Daily Journal)
Alameda County Judge Victoria S. Kolakowski is known as one of four transgender judges in the nation, and the first elected to a court of general jurisdiction.
She has traveled the world to speak about transgender issues and is a past president of the International Association of LGBTQ+ Judges.
“This is part of what I do,” Kolakowski said. “I can be very open and vulnerable about who I am.”
