Career Highlights: Judge Pressman worked in firms in Redwood City, San Mateo and San Francisco before relocating to San Diego to found civil litigation practice, Kolodny & Pressman APC. Appointed to San Diego Superior Court by Gov. Gray Davis in December 2001. Notable cases included Alaburda v. Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 37-2011-00091898 (San Diego Super. Ct., filed May 26, 2001). Retired August 1, 2017.
Law School: UC hastings College of the Law, 1972
Judicate West
Personal injury, catastrophic injury, real estate, home owners associations, commercial
SAN DIEGO — During a wrongful termination case he was mediating, Joel M. Pressman posed questions to the plaintiff early in the session.
Scot D. Wilson, one of the plaintiff’s lawyers, said Pressman interviewed his client much in the way an attorney would conduct a direct examination.
It was clear the neutral was trying to get a sense of how likable and credible the client was, Wilson s... (continued)
