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Stuart Pollak
Stuart R. Pollak is a presiding justice of the California First District Court of Appeal, Division Four. Gov. Jerry Brown (D) appointed Pollak to this position on October 26, 2018. The California Commission on Judicial Appointments confirmed his nomination November 26.[1][2]
Pollak was an associate justice on the California First District Court of Appeal, Division Three from 2002 to 2018. He was appointed to the court by former Governor Gray Davis on January 25, 2002. Pollak was retained in 2002 and 2014.[3]
Education
Pollak received his A.B. from Stanford University in 1959 and his LL.B from Harvard Law School in 1962.[4]
Career
- 2018-2023: Presiding justice, First District Court of Appeal, Division Four
- 2002-2018: Justice, First District Court of Appeal, Division Three
- 1982-2002: Judge, Superior Court of San Francisco County
- 1968-1982: Partner, Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady & Pollak
- 1965-1968: Associate, Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady & Pollak
- 1964: Staff member, President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
- 1963-1965: Special assistant to the assistant attorney general, United States Department of Justice - Criminal Division
- 1962-1963: Law clerk, Chief Justice Earl Warren and Justices Stanley Reed and Harold Burton[4]
Noteworthy cases
Annuity sale as theft (2013)
The First District Court of Appeal reversed the theft conviction of Glenn Neasham, who sold an annuity to an 83-year-old woman later diagnosed with dementia. The appeals court decision was upheld by the California Supreme Court in 2014.
Articles:
- Insuance News Net, "Court Rejects Theft Conviction of Calif. Annuity Agent," October 9, 2013
- Lake County News, "Appellate court overturns insurance salesman's conviction for theft from an elder," October 8, 2013
- Insurance News Net, "Court Upholds Reversal Of Neasham Theft Conviction," January 15, 2014
Elections
2014
Pollak was retained to the First District Court of Appeal with 74.5 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [5]
Recent news
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., "Governor Brown Appoints 5 Court of Appeal Justices," October 26, 2018
- ↑ California Courts Newsroom, "Commission Confirms Five Appointments to Courts of Appeal," November 26, 2018
- ↑ The Recorder, "Judicial Profile: Stuart Pollak," December 2, 2003
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 California Courts, "Stuart Pollak Biography," accessed September 12, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "General Election -November 4,2014 Official Certified List of Candidates," August 28, 2014
