Committees

Judicial Appointments Evaluation Committee

Investigates and evaluates judicial candidates from Alameda County and makes recommendations to Governor’s Judicial Appointments Secretary.

JAEC Rules 

COMMITTEES

Jason M. Allen

CHAIR

Office of the City Attorney, Alameda
2263 Santa Clara Ave., Suite 280
Alameda, CA 94501

Krista S. Johnson

Vice-Chair

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
4 Embarcadero Center FL. 17
San Francisco, CA 94111

Joshua C. Irwin

Secretary

CA Dept. of Justice
1515 Clay Street, Fl 20
Oakland, CA 94612

Megan Burns

Ex Officio

ACBA President
Bonjour, Thorman, Burns & Dahm
6601 Owens Drive, Suite 238
Pleasanton, CA 94588

Jo-Anna Nieves

Ex Officio

ACBA President-Elect
The Nieves Law Firm, APC
160 Franklin St., Ste. 210
Oakland, CA 94607

Jocelyn Sperling

PAST Chair

Complex Appellate Litigation Group LLP
96 Jessie Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

Committee Members

Rowena Gargalicana

Member

Fried, Williams & Grice Conner, LLP
1939 Harrison St., Ste. 460
Oakland, CA 94612

Cory Hernandez

Member

FAMILY VIOLENCE APPELLATE PROJECT
449 15th St., Suite 104
Oakland, CA 94612

Gautam Jagannath

Member

Social Justice Collaborative
1832 Second Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

Jason Leong

Member

Alameda County District Attorney's Office
1225 Fallon St., Suite 900
Oakland, CA 94612

Mario A. Moya

Member

Moya Law Firm
1300 Clay Street, Suite 600
Oakland, CA 94612

Abigail Mulvihill

Member

Alameda County District Attorney's Office
1225 Fallon St., Suite 900
Oakland, CA 94612

Amir Nassihi

Member

Shook Hardy & Bacon L.L.P
555 Mission Street, Suite 2300
San Francisco, CA 94105

Shane C. Nielson

Member

Family Law Group Inc.
1840 4th Street, Suite 200
Livermore, CA 94550

Deborah Smith

Member

Lewis Brisbois
45 Fremont Street, Suite 3000
San Francisco, CA 94105

Vincent Tong

Member

TONG LAW
1999 Harrison Street, 18th floor
Oakland, California 94612

Cammila C. Valerio

Member

Bednarczyk & Valerio, LLP
1470 Maria Lane, Suite 205
Walnut Creek, CA 94596

George A. Warner

Member

Legal Aid at Work
180 Montgomery Street, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94104

Selia Warren

Member

Office of the City Attorney, Oakland
1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, 6th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612

Salma Taleb

Staff Liaison

Alameda County Bar Association
548 Market Street, PMB 22692,
San Francisco, CA 94104-5401
(510) 302-2217
Email: salma@acbanet.org

Hadassah Hayashi

Staff Liaison

Alameda County Bar Association
548 Market Street, PMB 22692,
San Francisco, CA 94104-5401
(510) 302-2200
Email: hadassah@acbanet.org

COMMITTEES