Menlo Park Woman Named Presiding Justice In Court of Appeal

Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday announced several appointments in the state, including a local Peninsula woman. Associate Justice Mary J. Greenwood has been named presiding justice of the Sixth District Court of Appeal.

The governor's office released the following information on Greenwood:

Mary J. Greenwood, 61, of Menlo Park, has been appointed presiding justice of the Sixth District Court of Appeal, where she has served as an associate justice since 2017.

Greenwood served as a judge at the Santa Clara County Superior Court from 2012 to 2017. She served as public defender of Santa Clara County from 2005 to 2012 and was an assistant public defender and supervising attorney in the Santa Clara County Alternate Defender’s Office from 2002 to 2005.

Greenwood was an attorney at Coblentz, Patch, Duffy and Bass LLP in 2001 and an associate at the Boccardo Law Firm in 1997. She served as an assistant public defender at the Santa Clara County Public Defender’s Office from 1994 to 2001, where she was a deputy public defender from 1982 to 1994.

Greenwood earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Grinnell College. She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Presiding Justice Conrad L. Rushing.

This position requires confirmation by the Commission on Judicial Appointments. The Commission consists of Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Senior Presiding Justice Franklin D. Elia. Greenwood is a Democrat.

The compensation for her position is $228,918.

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