Alameda County (Hayward)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Alameda County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, June 1, 2018; research attorney, Alameda County Superior Court, 2007-18; associate, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, San Francisco, 2005-07; associate, Howard, Rice, Neerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco, 2001-05
Law School: Georgetown University Law Center
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Alameda County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, June 1, 2018; research attorney, Alameda County Superior Court, 2007-18; associate, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, San Francisco, 2005-07; associate, Howard, Rice, Neerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco, 2001-05
Law School: Georgetown University Law Center
HAYWARD -- Judge Jenna Whitman likens small claims cases to law school because she often finds herself telling self-represented litigants what they need to move forward with their matters.
"Once, I got a complaint, and it said, 'The defendant is a crook, and I want my money back,'" she said. "That's all I knew about the case before I took the bench."
So she'll go over whether papers were... (continued)
