Career Highlights: Appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom as Sacramento County Superior Court judge, July, 2021; chief assistant federal defender, 2017-21, assistant federal defender, 2007-17, Office of the Federal Defender, Eastern District of California; assistant public defender, Sacramento County public defender's office, 2006-07; attorney, Topel & Goodman LLP, 2005-06; deputy public defender, Santa Clara County public defender's office, 2001-05.
Law School: Santa Clara University School of Law
When Judge Benjamin D. Galloway was about 10, his father took him to watch arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court.
It was a sabbatical year for Santa Clara University School of Law professor Russell W. Galloway Jr. He brought the family to Washington, D.C. with an ambitious goal.
"He attended every Supreme Court oral argument for a year," said Judge Galloway. "1984 or '85, I think it was. He was working on a book about that. I would go with him to c... (continued)
