Sharon Djemal has served on the Alameda Superior Court bench since January 2021 and presides over various collaborative court calendars. Prior to her appointment, she spent 20 years as a staff attorney, supervising attorney, and Director of the Consumer Justice Clinic at the East Bay Community Law Center. Judge Djemal is also a 2016 recipient of the Berkeley Law School Eleanor Swift Award for Public Service and a former Soros Justice fellow.
Education
BA, Macalester College (1991)
JD, Columbia University School of Law (1998)