Ignazio ("Nace") John Ruvolo

Presiding Justice

California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Four

2007 - Current

Adjunct Professor

Hastings College of the Law

1999 - Current

Justice

First District Court of Appeal, Division Two

1996 - 2006

John F. Kennedy School of Law

Adjunct Professor of Law

1998 - 2001

Seminar Leader and Faculty

California Judicial College

1995 - 1996

Judge

Contra Costa Superior Court

1994 - 1996

Faculty member

Hastings Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy

1988 - 1994

Bronson Bronson & McKinnon, San Francisco and Walnut Creek

1977 - 1994

Trial Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

1972 - 1977

University of Virginia

LL.M. (2004)

University of San Diego School of Law

J.D. (1972)

Honors: Magna Cum Laude

Activities: Editor-in-Chief, San Diego Law Review, 1972

Rutgers College

A.B. (1969)

Justice of the Year

Italian American Bar Association

2005

Appellate Justice of the Year

San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association

2002

Trial Judge of the Year

Alameda Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association

1996

American Bar Association

Current

Activities: Litigation Section; Committee on Professional Responsibility; Forum on the Construction Industry; Forum on Franchising Member; Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers.

State Bar of California

Current

Activities: Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, 1984-1989; Chair, 1988; Special Advisor, 1989.

Contra Costa Bar Association

Current

Activities: President, Section on Professional Responsibility and Practice, 1991-1994; Member, Delegation to the State Bar Conference of Delegates, 1992-1994; Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee; Member, Women's Law Section, 1993.

San Francisco Bar Association

Current

Activities: Member, Ethics Committee, 1979-present; Chair, 1983-1984; Chair, Elections Committee, 1984; Member, International Franchise Association.

Commission on Judicial Performance

Commissioner

2013 - Current

First District Mediation Task Force and Committee

Chair

1998 - Current

California Judges Association, Judicial Ethics Committee

Member

2009 - 2011

State Bar Commission on Revision of Rules of Professional Conduct

Member

2001 - 2010

Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Civil and Small Claims Actions

Member

2005 - 2007

Judicial Council Task Force on Jury Instructions

Member

1999 - 2004

American Bar Association, Judicial Division

1999 - 2003

California Judges Association, Judicial Ethics Committee

Chair

2000 - 2001

Judicial Council Appellate Advisory Committee

Member

1998 - 2001

Robert G. McGrath American Inns of Court

Member

1998 - 2001

California Judges Association, Judicial Ethics Committee

Member

1994 - 2001

CJER Education Planning Committee

Member

1996 - 2000

California Judges Association, Judicial Ethics Committee

Vice-Chair

1999

National Association of Women Judges

Member

1995 - 1999

Judicial Elections Committee

1994 - 1995