Contra Costa County (Pittsburg)
Career Highlights: Appointed as a superior court judge, May 2017; trial counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 2016-2017; assistant U.S. attorney, criminal division, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California, 2007-2016; law clerk, Hon. Martin J. Jenkins, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 2006-2007; associate, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, 2004-2006; assistant staff judge advocate/captain (JAG attorney), United States Air Force, 82d Training Wing, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, 2001-2004 (active duty), 2004-2017 (reservist).
Law School: UC Hastings College of the Law, 2001
Career Highlights: Appointed as a superior court judge, May 2017; trial counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 2016-2017; assistant U.S. attorney, criminal division, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California, 2007-2016; law clerk, Hon. Martin J. Jenkins, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 2006-2007; associate, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, 2004-2006; assistant staff judge advocate/captain (JAG attorney), United States Air Force, 82d Training Wing, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, 2001-2004 (active duty), 2004-2017 (reservist).
Law School: UC Hastings College of the Law, 2001
PITTSBURG — Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Wade Rhyne’s career as a lawyer started in a U.S. Air Force courtroom and his years of government service have given him the tools to see cases from both sides.
Colorblindness disqualified Rhyne from pursing his goal of becoming an Air Force fighter pilot. After finishing ROTC as an undergraduate, he found a new path as a lawyer in the Judge Advocate General’s, or JAG,... (continued)
