Alameda County (Oakland)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Alameda County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, Feb. 27, 2018; senior partner, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, San Francsico, 1994-18; associate, Glynn Cella & Lange, San Francisco, 1992-93; associate, Crosby Heafey Roach & May (now Reed Smith), San Francisco, 1991-92; Pillsbury Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, 1986-90
Law School: University of San Francisco School of Law
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Alameda County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, Feb. 27, 2018; senior partner, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, San Francsico, 1994-18; associate, Glynn Cella & Lange, San Francisco, 1992-93; associate, Crosby Heafey Roach & May (now Reed Smith), San Francisco, 1991-92; Pillsbury Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, 1986-90
Law School: University of San Francisco School of Law
OAKLAND — A formal commercial litigator who represented pharmaceutical companies, Judge James Reilly said there’s an important aspect of his first criminal docket assignment that’s caught him pleasantly off guard — opposing sides tend to get along more.
“I think the people on the civil side could learn something from this,” he said. “The prosecutors and public defenders, ... while they make passionate, aggressive argument... (continued)
