Los Angeles County (Lancaster)
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
Judge Michael C. Kelley clearly holds the written word in high regard. As a partner with Sidley Austin LLP, he fought pro bono alongside Public Counsel attorneys on behalf of seven students for the constitutional right of access to literacy in Detroit.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a landmark decision in the case, holding that under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment all children have a c... (continued)
