Superior Court Contra Costa County (Martinez)
Career Highlights: Appointed by Gov. Gray Davis, Contra Costa County Superior Court, 2001; assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District, San Francisco, 1986-1994, Oakland, 1994-2001; assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District, Sacramento 1983-1986; deputy district attorney, Contra Costa County, 1982-1983; clerk to 9th U.S. Circuit Chief Judge James R. Browning, 1980-1982.
Law School: Georgetown University Law Center, 1980.
Career Highlights: Appointed by Gov. Gray Davis, Contra Costa County Superior Court, 2001; assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District, San Francisco, 1986-1994, Oakland, 1994-2001; assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District, Sacramento 1983-1986; deputy district attorney, Contra Costa County, 1982-1983; clerk to 9th U.S. Circuit Chief Judge James R. Browning, 1980-1982.
Law School: Georgetown University Law Center, 1980.
By Hadley Robinson
Daily Journal Staff Writer
MARTINEZ - John W. Kennedy's interest in the law goes way back.
His great-grandfather was, like him, a prosecutor and then a judge. His grandfather was a private practitioner and his father was an attorney and part-time commissioner.
"It wasn't exactly a clever idea on my part," Kennedy said.
Talking about his father's cases around the dinner table, he knew he wanted to g... (continued)
