Northern District of California (San Jose)
Career Highlights: Took senior status, October 2023; appointed to the Northern District of California by President Barack Obama, 2011; judge, Santa Clara County Superior court, 2001-11; partner, Davila & Polverino, San Jose, 1988-2001; deputy public defender, Santa Clara County, 1981-88
Law School: UC Hastings College of Law
Career Highlights: Took senior status, October 2023; appointed to the Northern District of California by President Barack Obama, 2011; judge, Santa Clara County Superior court, 2001-11; partner, Davila & Polverino, San Jose, 1988-2001; deputy public defender, Santa Clara County, 1981-88
Law School: UC Hastings College of Law
U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila's former firm partner remembers when the jurist bailed him out of a tough spot 24 years ago.
Veteran San Jose criminal defense attorney Sam Polverino had just proposed to his wife at Limantour Beach and realized, walking back to the parking lot a few minutes past sunset, that he had dropped his keys. Assuming they were now lost in a sea of sand, he realized after hitching a ride to hi... (continued)
