Michael T. Risher

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Judge
General Civil
Alameda County Superior Court
Hayward Hall of Justice
Department/Division: 514 Courtroom/Floor: 2nd

24405 Amador Street
Hayward , CA 94544
(510) 690-2723

Appointed to the Alameda County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, May 2024; sole practitioner and holding several positions at the ACLU Foundation of Northern California, 2006-2024; lecturer at Stanford Law School; deputy public defender, Alameda County; legal affairs advisor, Lindesmith Center; clerk to Judge Karen Nelson Moore, 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 1996-1997.

Stanford University School of Law

Title	Category	Published
The Battle over Arrestee DNA	Criminal, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court	Jan. 5, 2018

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Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
Cesar S. Lagleva Jr., Lisa Bennett, Tara Evans v. Robert T. Doyle, Marin County Sheriff, County of Marin	Torts	Plaintiff	Jul. 22, 2022
Michael Brodheim v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation	Government	Plaintiff	Aug. 28, 2020
Elizabeth Aida Haskell, et al. v. Edmund G. Brown	Civil Rights	Plaintiff	Jan. 25, 2019
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, and American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties v. Alex Padilla, California Secretary of State	Civil Rights	Plaintiff	Dec. 24, 2016
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, et al. v. Department of Justice	Civil Rights	Plaintiff	Nov. 6, 2014
John Doe, Jack Roe, and California Reform Sex Offender Laws, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated v. Kamala D. Harris, City of Alameda	Constitutional Law	Plaintiff	Feb. 9, 2013
Baker, et al. v. Katehi, et al.	Civil Rights	Plaintiff	Dec. 1, 2012
Pamela Kincaid, individually and on behalf of those similarly situated v. City of Fresno, California Department of Transportation	Civil Rights	Plaintiff	Sep. 20, 2008

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
Cesar S. Lagleva Jr., Lisa Bennett, Tara Evans v. Robert T. Doyle, Marin County Sheriff, County of Marin	Torts	Plaintiff	Jul. 22, 2022
Michael Brodheim v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation	Government	Plaintiff	Aug. 28, 2020
Elizabeth Aida Haskell, et al. v. Edmund G. Brown	Civil Rights	Plaintiff	Jan. 25, 2019
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, and American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties v. Alex Padilla, California Secretary of State	Civil Rights	Plaintiff	Dec. 24, 2016
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, et al. v. Department of Justice	Civil Rights	Plaintiff	Nov. 6, 2014
John Doe, Jack Roe, and California Reform Sex Offender Laws, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated v. Kamala D. Harris, City of Alameda	Constitutional Law	Plaintiff	Feb. 9, 2013
Baker, et al. v. Katehi, et al.	Civil Rights	Plaintiff	Dec. 1, 2012
Pamela Kincaid, individually and on behalf of those similarly situated v. City of Fresno, California Department of Transportation	Civil Rights	Plaintiff	Sep. 20, 2008

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