Full Biography for Jamie Jacobs-May

JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Now serving as Superior Court Judge

• Seat 3 candidate with the MOST EXPERIENCE as a judge

• 20-Plus Years judging or prosecuting a wide range of criminal and civil cases

• Elected Presiding Judge, 1997

• 9 Years - Municipal Court Judge. TWICE elected

• 7 Years - State Prosecutor, Deputy Attorney General

• 5 Years - Deputy County Counsel, specializing in cases to protect abused and neglected children

• 2 Years - Private law practice

• J.D., 1974, University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law

• A.B. with Honors, 1970, University of California, Berkeley

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• 6 Years - Lecturer and seminar leader to judges statewide

• Statewide judicial committee appointments

• Appointed to Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee

• Chair, Civil Management and Delay Reduction Subcommittee

• Professional Organizations: California Judges Association, National Association of Women Judges, American Inns of Court

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Domestic Violence Council

• Violence Prevention Council

• Advisor, Stanford law students

• Intern Supervisor, San Jose State University

• Women A.H.E.A.D.

• Primary & secondary schools, mock trials & Career Day

• Coach, girls' softball

PERSONAL

• Married 25 years to Howard May, D.D.S.

• 4 children