Associate Justice, First Appellate District BAR ADMISSION: Admitted to California Bar in December 1975 EDUCATION: Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 1975; University of California at Berkeley, B.A. with Honors in Political Science, 1972; Sunset High School, Hayward, California. PROFESSIONAL LEGAL BACKGROUND: Partner, Law Firm of Fitzgerald, Abbott and Beardsley, 1975-1989. JUDICIAL BACKGROUND: Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Two, appointed by Governor Pete Wilson, 1996; appointed Judge of the Alameda Superior Court, July 1989, by Governor George Deukmejian. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS: Vice Chairman, California State Bar Access to Justice Commission, 1997; Chairman, Judicial Council Committee for Certification of Interpreters for the Deaf, 1992-1996; Executive Board, California Judges Association, 1995-1996; Faculty and Planning Committee, California Center for Judicial Education and Research, 1992-1994; Executive Chairman, Alameda County Bar Association Foundation, 1986-1989; Board of Directors, Alameda County Bar Association, 1988-1989; California State Bar Joint Advisory Committee for Continuing Education, 1988-1989; Co-founder and counsel for Bay Area Center for Law and the Deaf (BACLAD), 1979-1982. EDUCATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS: Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association Trial Judge of the Year, 1994. (Honored by Resolution of Alameda County Bar Foundation for Public Service, 1997.) PROFESSIONAL TEACHING/EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Instructor of Law, Peralta Community College District, 1980 (Lifetime Certificate). COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Not provided