Alameda County
Career Highlights: Confirmed February 14, 2025 as associate justice of the First Appellate District, Division One (San Francisco). Appointed to Alameda county Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2012; Alameda County Superior Court Commissioner, 2007-12; Alameda County Public Defender's Office, 1997-2007
Law School: UC Hastings School of Law, 1989
Career Highlights: Confirmed February 14, 2025 as associate justice of the First Appellate District, Division One (San Francisco). Appointed to Alameda county Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2012; Alameda County Superior Court Commissioner, 2007-12; Alameda County Public Defender's Office, 1997-2007
Law School: UC Hastings School of Law, 1989
Charles A. Smiley III saw a need and reached into his pocket.
It was 2016 as he was making his introductions at Alameda County Juvenile Hall, where he had recently become presiding judge, when a thought crossed his mind.
“The kids who are ordered to come back to court, what do they eat?” Smiley recalled in a recent Zoom interview.
They could purchase ... (continued)
