Career Highlights: Appointed to the Alameda County Municipal Court by Gov. Pete Wilson in October 1995, retired 2021.
Law School: Indiana University Law School
As a boy growing up in Iowa, Patrick J. Zika learned the value of doing more for others and less for himself.
Even in his younger days, he'd help out at the local Catholic church or with various local organizations.
"I came from a small-town environment, where neighbors help neighbors. So I was impressed by the need for community service at an early age," says the 47-year-old Zika, who was appointed to the Oakland-Piedmont-Emeryville Judicial D... (continued)
