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Martin J. Jenkins
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California · 1997
Martin J. Jenkins , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Martin Joseph Jenkins (born November 12, 1953) is an American attorney and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California. He was previously a justice of the California Court of Appeal for the First District, located in San Francisco, and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Education
- City College of San FranciscoA.A., 1973
- University of Santa Clara (now Santa Clara University)B.A., 1976
- University of San Francisco School of LawJ.D., 1980
Career
Law clerk, Alameda County [California] District Attorney's Office, 1980-1981; Deputy district attorney, Alameda County, California, 1981-1983; Trial attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1983-1985; Civil litigator, Pacific Bell Legal Department, 1985-1989; Judge, Oakland-Piedmont-Emeryville [California] Municipal Court, 1989-1992; Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, 1992-1997; Associate justice, California Court of Appeal, First District, 2008-2019; Senior judicial appointments advisor, Gov. Gavin Newsom, California, 2019-2020; Associate justice, Supreme Court of California, 2020-
Biography
Martin Joseph Jenkins (born November 12, 1953) is an American attorney and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California. He was previously a justice of the California Court of Appeal for the First District, located in San Francisco, and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
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