Superior Court Judge San Benito County
Career Highlights: Elevated San Benito County Superior Court judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, March 2022; appointed San Benito County Superior Court commissioner, June 2020; sole practitioner, Gilroy and Hollister, 2015-2020; deputy district attorney, San Benito County, 2007-2014; associate, Law Offices of John E. Skeath, 2003-07; sole practitioner, San Jose, 1994-2003; litigation attorney, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, San Jose, 1991-94; associate, Rosenblum Parish & Isaacs, 1989-1991
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law, 1989
Career Highlights: Elevated San Benito County Superior Court judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, March 2022; appointed San Benito County Superior Court commissioner, June 2020; sole practitioner, Gilroy and Hollister, 2015-2020; deputy district attorney, San Benito County, 2007-2014; associate, Law Offices of John E. Skeath, 2003-07; sole practitioner, San Jose, 1994-2003; litigation attorney, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, San Jose, 1991-94; associate, Rosenblum Parish & Isaacs, 1989-1991
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law, 1989
HOLLISTER -- Judge Patrick K. Palacios had sat on the Benito County Superior Court for just a week when he was called upon to preside over one of the most complex matters to be heard in this tiny county south of Silicon Valley.
The case was one of hundreds filed across the nation that claimed Monsanto's weedkiller Roundup causes cancer. Normally, a retired or visiting judge would be called in to sit pro tem to hear the matter, b... (continued)
