Justice Alison Tucher, Presiding Justice Court of Appeal, 1st Appellate District, Division 3

Justice Alison M. Tucher, as Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division 3 (San Francisco)

BIO
Justice Alison M. Tucher fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Peter J. Siggins. She has served as an associate justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division Four since 2018. Justice Tucher served as an Alameda County Superior Court judge from 2014 to 2018. She was a partner at Morrison and Foerster from 2004 to 2014 and a litigation associate there from 1998 to 2003. She served as a deputy district attorney at the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office from 1995 to 1998 and was assistant director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s White House Security Review Team from 1994 to 1995. Justice Tucher served as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter and Judge William A. Norris at the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from Stanford Law School and a Master of Arts degree in engineering from the University of Cambridge.