San Diego County Superior Court
Career Highlights: Nominated to serve as an Associate Justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division One, by Gov. Gavin Newsom, February 2023, and confirmed April 2023; Judge, San Diego County Superior, 2003-2023; Partner and Associate, Wiggins & Kelety LLP, 1997-2003; Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of California, 1990-1997; associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, 1986-1990; law clerk for the Honorable Mary M. Schroeder at the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1985-1986.
Law School: Cornell Law School
Career Highlights: Nominated to serve as an Associate Justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division One, by Gov. Gavin Newsom, February 2023, and confirmed April 2023; Judge, San Diego County Superior, 2003-2023; Partner and Associate, Wiggins & Kelety LLP, 1997-2003; Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of California, 1990-1997; associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, 1986-1990; law clerk for the Honorable Mary M. Schroeder at the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1985-1986.
Law School: Cornell Law School
By Robert Iafolla
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN DIEGO - At the same time Sandra Day O'Connor left an Arizona Court of Appeals to become the first woman on the Supreme Court, a junior at the University of Arizona decided that she would pursue a career in the law - a career that eventually led to the bench.
The year was 1981, and Julia Craig Kelety, surprised by her success in ... (continued)
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN DIEGO - At the same time Sandra Day O'Connor left an Arizona Court of Appeals to become the first woman on the Supreme Court, a junior at the University of Arizona decided that she would pursue a career in the law - a career that eventually led to the bench.
The year was 1981, and Julia Craig Kelety, surprised by her success in ... (continued)
