Daniel M. Kolkey, Associate Justice
EDUCATION: Harvard Law School, J.D. magna cum laude, 1977; Stanford University, B.A. with distinction and departmental honors, 1974.
PROFESSIONAL LEGAL BACKGROUND: Law Clerk, U.S. District Judge Dudley Bonsal, 1977-78; Associate (1978-84) and Partner (1985-94), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Attorneys; Legal Affairs Secretary and Counsel to the Governor of California, 1995-98; Adjunct Professor of Law, McGeorge School of Law, 2001-present.
JUDICIAL POSITION: Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, nominated and confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments in December 1998.
OTHER APPOINTMENTS: Appointed by the U.S. Trade Representative as an arbitrator on the binational panel for the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement, 1990-94; appointed by the Governor to the California Law Revision Commission, 1992-94, and elected chair of the Commission, 1994; appointed by the California Judicial Council to the Blue Ribbon Commission on Jury System Improvement, 1996; appointed to the California State-Federal Judicial Council, 2001-present.
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Co-editor, The Practitioner's Handbook on International Arbitration and Mediation; Associate, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 1986-94; Chair, International Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1991-92; member, Law and Justice Committee of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, 1993-94; General Counsel, Citizens Research Foundation, 1991-94; President, Los Angeles Center for International Commercial Arbitration, 1988-94.
PERSONAL: Married Donna Christie in 1982. Four children: Eugene, William, Christopher, and Jonathan.
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