Robert L. Dossee

Robert L. Dossee was a retired Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division One. He was appointed by Governor Deukmejian in 1990 and confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments and the electorate. Prior to this, he was a Judge of the Superior Court, City & County of San Francisco from 1979 to 1990, and a Judge of the Municipal Court from 1973 to 1979. He was also a trial lawyer for the State Division of Highways and had a private law practice. He was a member of the California Judges Association and was named "Trial Judge of the Year" by the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association in 1988. He served in the U.S. Army from 1956 to 1961 and had a law degree from the University of San Francisco.