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January
23, 2006
VOL.
44, NO. 2Oakland,
CA
Carol Corrigan joins California Supreme Court
Carol Corrigan, a member of the San Francisco-based
First District Court of Appeal since 1994 and a former Alameda County
prosecutor and judge, was sworn in Jan. 4 as the newest member of the
California Supreme Court. She is the fifth woman to serve on the state’s
highest court.
Corrigan, 57, a self-described centrist, fills a vacancy created last
summer by Janice Rogers Brown, who left for the federal bench in Washington,
D.C. She began hearing cases earlier this month.
Born and raised in Stockton, Corrigan is the daughter of a journalist
and a librarian. A graduate of Annunciation Elementary School and St.
Mary’s High School in Stockton, she graduated from Holy Names College
(now University) in Oakland magna cum laude. She studied psychology at
St. Louis University before receiving her law degree from Hastings College
of the Law in 1975.
As a young woman, she taught catechism to children of migrant workers
in the Central Valley and tutored inner-city students while studying in
St. Louis. Since 1992 she has served as chair of the board of directors
of St. Vincent’s Day Home in Oakland. She is also chair of the board
of trustees at Holy Names University, a post she has held since 1994.
She has served on the board of advisors for Providence Hospital and St.
Mary’s Senior Center in Oakland.
She distinguished herself as an assistant district attorney in the Alameda
County District Attorney’s office as a trial lawyer and director
of recruitment and training. While serving there, she published numerous
articles on trial tactics and ethics, and contributed to the development
of software for use in the legal profession.
Corrigan was a contributing author and staff editor for the President’s
Task Force on Victims of Crime and a member of the President’s Commission
on Organized Crime, appointed to each position by President Ronald Reagan.
She was appointed to the Municipal Court by Governor George Deukmejian
and to the Court of Appeals by Governor Pete Wilson.
Her numerous honors include Woman of Achievement of Soroptimist International,.
Holy Names University Alumni Award for Professional Achievement, and Children’s
Choice Award from St. Vincent’s Day Home. In 2004 she was recipient
of the St. Thomas More Award from the St. Thomas More Society and named
Jurist of the Year by the California Judicial Council.
Judge Carol Corrigan
