6th District Court of Appeal (San Jose)
Career Highlights: Joined ADR Services in January 2023; retired June 30, 2022 from the 6th District Court of Appeal, appointed by Gov. George Deukmejian in 1988; elevated to the Santa Clara Superior Court in 1986; appointed to the Santa Clara Municipal Court, 1983; senior assistant city attorney, Palo Alto, 1980; deputy state attorney general, 1975
ADR Services Inc.
Career Highlights: Joined ADR Services in January 2023; retired June 30, 2022 from the 6th District Court of Appeal, appointed by Gov. George Deukmejian in 1988; elevated to the Santa Clara Superior Court in 1986; appointed to the Santa Clara Municipal Court, 1983; senior assistant city attorney, Palo Alto, 1980; deputy state attorney general, 1975
ADR Services Inc.
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN JOSE - Lawyers who appear before Justice Franklin D. Elia applaud his deep engagement with the case at hand plus his warm human touch.
Elia, 63, who sits on the 6th District Court of Appeal, displayed both in a tricky dispute over a default judgment in a technology case, said Paul D. Fogel, a prominent appellate practitioner who himself served two years as a state trial judge.
"I argued a messy t... (continued)
