Stuart R. Pollak

Presiding 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
• 2018-2023 Presiding Justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division Four