Frank Jackson

Frank Y. Jackson is an esteemed Justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Seven. He was appointed to the position by Governor Wilson on January 22, 1993, and has since been elected in subsequent elections, running unopposed. Before his appointment, Jackson served as a Judge of the Municipal Court, Antelope Municipal Court District in Los Angeles County, a position he held from January 26, 1990 to February 5, 1993, appointed to the newly created position by Governor Deukmejian on January 23, 1990.

Before his judicial career, Jackson had a private law practice specializing in family law in Lancaster, California from December 1973 to January 1990, as a partner of Cosgrove, Michelizzi, Schwabacher, Ward & Jackson. He was a member of multiple professional organizations, including the California Judges Association, Antelope Valley Bar Association, Alcohol & Drug Dependency Council, Lancaster, United Way, Lancaster, School Board, Bethel Christian Schools, Lancaster, and Central Christian Church, Lancaster.

Jackson was also an Adjunct Professor at La Verne University from 1997 to present, a Senior Adjunct Professor at Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California from 1974 to 1992, and an Adjunct Professor of Business Law at Antelope Valley College from 1974 to present.

He received his J.D. from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California in June 1973, his B.A. from the University of Nevada, Reno on a basketball scholarship in June 1970, his A.A. from Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, California in June 1968, and graduated from Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster in 1966.

In his personal life, Jackson is married with three children and enjoys playing tennis. He is a member of the California Bar, having been admitted on December 20, 1973, and is a Republican.