Douglas E. Swager

Douglas Elmer Swager is an Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division One. He was nominated by Governor Wilson in 1995 and confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments. He was previously a Judge of the Superior Court in Contra Costa, appointed by Governor Deukmejian in 1987, and a Judge of the Municipal Court in the Bay Judicial District, appointed by Governor Deukmejian in 1985. Prior to his judicial career, he was a private law practitioner in Richmond, California from 1973-1985. He holds a J.D. from Hastings College of the Law and a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Republican and a Catholic.