
Career Highlights: Joined JAMS, March 2024; appointed to the 1st District Court of Appeal by Gov. Gray Davis, 2002, retired January 2024; Alameda County Superior Court judge, 1988-2002; San Leandro-Hayward Judicial District judge, 1985-88; deputy district attorney, Alameda County, 1977-85.
Law School: Southwestern University School of Law, 1977
JAMS
By Emily Green
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Justice Sandra L. Margulies' story starts with her parents, Jewish immigrants from Canada.
They repeated the same mantras to Margulies and her two younger sisters again and again. Do your best. Treat everybody equally. And, every woman should have a career. Don't be dependent on getting married or having someone support you.
Margulies took that to heart. Even after she met her husb... (continued)