Alameda County (Oakland)
Career Highlights: Appointed Alameda County Superior Court Judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, 2020; sole practitioner, Jones Torru Law PC, (formerly Jones Torru Law Offices & Law Office of Joscelyn Jones) 1996-2020; Deputy State Public Defender, 1995-1996; partner at Law Office of Osby Davis, 1992-1995; contract attorney, Saperstein, Mayeda, Larkin & Goldstein, 1991-1992; deputy public defender II, 1990-1991; deputy public defender I-II, 1983-1990; Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellow, 1981-1983
Law School: UCLA Law School
Career Highlights: Appointed Alameda County Superior Court Judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, 2020; sole practitioner, Jones Torru Law PC, (formerly Jones Torru Law Offices & Law Office of Joscelyn Jones) 1996-2020; Deputy State Public Defender, 1995-1996; partner at Law Office of Osby Davis, 1992-1995; contract attorney, Saperstein, Mayeda, Larkin & Goldstein, 1991-1992; deputy public defender II, 1990-1991; deputy public defender I-II, 1983-1990; Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellow, 1981-1983
Law School: UCLA Law School
OAKLAND -- From her earliest days being bussed to majority-white schools, Alameda County Judge Joscelyn C. Jones has navigated environments that were different from her own, and said she uses those experiences to broaden her horizons and to help expand the world for others.
"People call it code switching, but being embedded in two different worlds made me realize that if someone like me was in the system, I can help people who d... (continued)
