Robert Mallano

Robert Mallano
Current Court Information:
California Second District Court of Appeal
Title:	Presiding Judge
Position:	Division One
Service:
Appointed by:	Gov. Gray Davis
Active:	2000-2022
Chief:	2008-2022
Personal History
Bachelors:	Yale University
Law School:	University of California Berkeley

Robert M. Mallano is the presiding justice of Division One of the Second District Court of Appeal in California. He was appointed to this court by then-Governor Davis and took his oath of office in August 2000. He was retained by an election on November 5, 2002, on January 1, 2007 and on November 3, 2010. His current term expires in 2022.

He was appointed Presiding Justice by Governor Schwarzenegger in May of 2008 and was sworn-in on June 4, 2008, at the age of 68.

Education

Justice Mallano graduated from Yale University in 1960 and Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley in 1963. He also studied law in Rome. He is married to Kathleen Baker Mallano.

Legal career

Justice Mallano started out as the Deputy District Attorney in Los Angeles County. He served in this position for 3 years and then practiced private law for 11 years. In 1978, he was appointed to the South Bar Municipal Court by then-Governor Brown. In 1980, he was appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court and was elected Presiding Judge of this court in 1993 and 1994. He was a member of the Judicial Council and the Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics.

Elections

2010

Mallano was retained in 2010 with 67.9% of the vote.

See also: California judicial elections, 2010

External links

• California Courts of Appeal website

References