
Career Highlights: Retired January 19, 2021; Appointed presiding justice, Division Three of 1st District Court of Appeal by Gov. Jerry Brown June 15, 2018. Appointed to Court of Appeal by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, December 2005. Worked in governor's office 2003-2005 and served as legal affairs secretary and interim chief of staff.
Law School: UC Hastings
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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SAN FRANCISCO - Peter J. Siggins had just spent a decade defending prison guards against excessive-force accusations as head of the attorney general's correctional division, when he suddenly found himself staring at the flip side of the coin.
Tapped to be incoming Attorney General Bill Lockyer's chief... (continued)