Full Biography for Ignazio John Ruvolo

Candidate for
Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 1 Division 2

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Ignazio John Ruvolo Associate Justice First District Court of Appeal, Division Two

BAR ADMISSION: Admitted to California Bar, January 9, 1973

EDUCATION: J.D. (1972), Univ. of San Diego School of Law; B.A. (1969, History), Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, New Jersey.

PROFESSIONAL LEGAL BACKGROUND: Private law practice, San Francisco and Walnut Creek, Calif., Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, 1977-94. Trial Attorney, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1972-77.

JUDICIAL BACKGROUND: Appointed Associate Justice, First Appellate District, Division Two, unanimously confirmed by the Commission of Judicial Appointments on December 2, 1996. Appointed Judge, Contra Costa Superior Court on January. 6, 1994, and elected to full term June 7, 1994.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS: Member, Calif. Judges Assn., 1994-1998 (Judicial Ethics Committee, 1994-97; Judicial Elections Committee, 1994-95); Member, Italian-American Bar Assn.; Contra Costa Inns of Court, 1998; ABA Litigation Section; Committee on Professional Responsibility; Forum on the Construction Industry; Forum on Franchising, Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. State Bar of California: Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, 1984-1989; Chair, 1988; Special Advisor, 1989; Contra Costa Bar Association: President, Section on Professional Responsibility and Practice, 1991-1994; Members, Delegation to the State Bar Conference of Delegates, 1992-1994, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. San Francisco Bar Association: Member, Ethics Committee, 1979-1994; Chair, 1983-1984; Chair, Elections Committee, 1984.

EDUCATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS: Law School Class Valedictorian, Editor-in-Chief, San Diego Law Review 1971-72; Formal commendation from Director of the U.S. Marshal Service, 1977; 1996 Trial Judge of the Year, ACCTLA.

PROFESSIONAL TEACHING/EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Seminar leader and faculty, California Judicial College, 1995-96, Adjunct Faculty, (Professional Responsibility), John F. Kennedy School of Law, Walnut Creek, Calif., 1994-1998. Faculty, Hastings Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy, 1988-94.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Member, Concord Rotary Club, 100 Club of Contra Costa.