Stuart R. Pollak

Stuart R. Pollak photoPresiding Justice

Personal

  • Born August 24, 1937, San Pedro, California
  • Married (Lee Labe Pollak)
  • Four children (Deborah Pollak Levy, December 10, 1960
    Lauren Pollak, March 25, 1964
    Harrison Martin Pollak, December 15, 1967
    Kimberly Pollak, September 1, 1970)

Education

  • Lowell High School, San Francisco; graduated (valedictorian) 1955
  • Stanford University, A.B. 1959 (with Great Honors)
  • Harvard Law School, LL.B. 1962 (Magna Cum Laude)

Professional Experience

  • 1962-1963 Law Clerk to Chief Justice Earl Warren, and to Justices (Ret.) Stanley Reed and Harold Burton
  • 1963-1965 United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division; Special Assistant to Assistant Attorney General
  • 1964 President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy; Staff Member
  • 1965-1982 Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady & Pollak; Associate Attorney 1965-1968; Partner 1968-1982
  • 1982-2002 Judge of the San Francisco Superior Court
  • 2002-2018 Associate Justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division Three
  • 2018-Present Presiding Justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division Four