Judicial Profile - Retired Justice Michael Phelan

California Court of Appeal

First Appellate District, Division Three

Legal Experience

Presiding Justice, Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Three, 1996-1998

Appointed by Pete Wilson

Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Two, 1992-1996

Appointed by Pete Wilson

Judge, Contra Costa Superior Court, 1985-1992

Appointed by George Deukmejian

Judge, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1979-1985

Elected in 1978

Chief Assistant District Attorney, Contra Costa County 1970-1978

Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice, 1962-1965, 1967-1970

Attorney, Private Law Practice, 1965-1966

Education

LL.B., University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall, 1962
A.B. (Criminology), University of California, Berkeley, 1955

Personal

Born September 13, 1933 in Seattle, Washington


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