Hon. Harold Kahn

Judge Harold Kahn was appointed to the bench of the San Francisco County Superior Court by former Governor Gray Davis in 2001. As of 2022, he has retired from his position on the bench.

Judge Kahn earned his BA from Amherst College in 1978 and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1982. After law school, he became a law clerk to the Hon. Joseph Young of the US District Court for the District of Maryland for a year. Judge Kahn then became an associate at Heller, Ehrman, White, and McAuliffe in 1983. In 1987, he started his own private practice in which he practiced competition and business litigation. Judge Kahn remained in his private practice until his appointment.

Judge Kahn has been on the board of advisors of The Green Bag; legal journal published by the George Mason University Law School; and a member of the Collaborative Justice Courts Advisory Committee of the California Judicial Council. In 1999, he received the “Outstanding Volunteer in Public Service” award from the San Francisco Bar Association. Judge Kahn also received the “Lawyer of the Year” award from the AIDS Legal Referral Panel of the Bay Area in 2000.