Superior Court Alameda County (Oakland)
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
By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer
OAKLAND - While she had settled her gender-identity crisis long before she took the bench, Victoria Kolakowski faced another transformation when she became the first openly transgender trial court judge in the country.
"I've been an active voice in my community politically, spiritually, policy-wise for decades, and now I'm in a position where I'm a neutral, where I can't say anything or do an... (continued)
