Alameda County (Oakland)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Alameda County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, Jan. 2, 2019; chief counsel, California Department of Public Health, Sacramento, 2013-18; deputy attorney general, San Francisco, 2003-13; associate, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, San Francisco, 2000-03; Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, 1995-2000; clerk to U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein, Eastern District of New York, 1994-95
Law School: Stanford Law School
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Alameda County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, Jan. 2, 2019; chief counsel, California Department of Public Health, Sacramento, 2013-18; deputy attorney general, San Francisco, 2003-13; associate, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, San Francisco, 2000-03; Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, 1995-2000; clerk to U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein, Eastern District of New York, 1994-95
Law School: Stanford Law School
OAKLAND — Judge Karin Schwartz dropped several “f-bombs” from the bench as she repeated for the record words from an altercation captured on a cell phone video.
“I read the texts or e-mails verbatim,” she explained later in her chambers. “I preface it by telling the parties, ‘Well, the language here is very strong,’ ... but I want to make an accurate record.”
Schwartz added that she want... (continued)
