San Luis Obispo Superior Court
Career Highlights: Appointed San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, July 28, 2023; appointed Los Angeles Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2018-2023; partner, Sidley Austin LLP, 1987-2018; partner, associate, Kadison Pfaelzer Woodward Quinn & Rossi, 1979-1987
Law School: Yale Law School, 1979
Career Highlights: Appointed San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, July 28, 2023; appointed Los Angeles Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2018-2023; partner, Sidley Austin LLP, 1987-2018; partner, associate, Kadison Pfaelzer Woodward Quinn & Rossi, 1979-1987
Law School: Yale Law School, 1979
PASO ROBLES - A map of Italy hangs in Superior Court Judge Michael C. Kelley's chambers. It is not there by coincidence.
Years before Kelley arrived on the Central Coast, he and his wife traveled through Tuscany. Later, during a weekend getaway in Paso Robles, they found themselves driving through the back roads of wine country when a familiar feeling returned.
"Top down, of course, and we just both kind of looked at each other and said, 'This is ... (continued)
