Career Highlights: Appointed Sacramento County Superior Court Judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2014 to present; chief counsel, California Department of Finance, 2008-2014; deputy attorney general, California Department of Justice, 1999-2008; Staff counsel, California State Treasurer's Office, 1996-1999; executive fellow, Center for California Studies at Sacramento State University, 1995-1996.
Law School: University of Southern California Gould School of Law,1995
Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Jennifer K. Rockwell used to be a sprinter. Every election year, she still is -- at least for a few weeks.
As California's capital, Sacramento handles much of the state's election litigation, and Rockwell is among a handful of judges assigned to those cases. The pace, she said, is unlike almost anything else in the courts.
"If it's about an initiative or ballot designation for a statewide candidate, those h... (continued)