Hon. Evelio Grillo
Judge
Judge Evelio Grillo is presently assigned to the Complex Litigation Department of the Alameda County Superior Court. He has presided over more than 200 jury and court trials in civil, criminal, and family law matters. Judge Grillo’s work in the civil law & motion and civil trial departments has resulted in over 50 published appellate decisions in diverse areas, including the California CPRA, CEQA, land use and water law, attorneys’ fees, public pensions, and arbitration. Educational History • J.D., Harvard Law School (1985) • Masters of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley (1980) • BA, Political Science, University of California at Berkeley (1976) Achievements & Other Notable Experience • Lecturer, Civil Trial Advocacy, Berkeley Law (2022 and 2023 Spring Semesters) • Clinical Instructor, Stanford Law School Student Advocacy Workshop (Winter 1995 to 1996, 1998, and 2002 to 2010) • Instructor, Oakland College of Law, Civil Procedure (1992 to 2003)
Hon. Jo-Lynne Q. Lee
Judge
Judge Jo-Lynne Lee was appointed to the bench of the Alameda County Superior Court by former Governor Gray Davis in 2002. She is the first Chinese-American women to serve on the bench of the Alameda County Superior Court. Judge Lee presides over a civil direct calendar. Judge Lee earned her BA, magna cum laude, from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York in 1971 and her J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1974. After law school, she joined the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office and worked as a deputy district attorney for three years. In 1977, Judge Lee became a member of a legal research team associated with the National Center for State Courts in San Francisco that studied trial court delays. Once the project ended, she joined the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California and served as an assistant US Attorney until 1980. In 1981, Judge Lee entered private practice as a defense attorney for construction defect cases and real estate disputes. She first worked at Robinson and Wood, continuing on to the Oakland firms of Kennedy and Wasserman, as well as Kennedy, Gong, Mitchell, and Combs. At the time of her appointment, Judge Lee was practicing at Griffith, Castle, Schwartzman, where she also served as a court-appointed Special Master and Discovery Referee. Judge Lee is/has been a member of the Asian-American Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Contra Costa County Bar Association, and the Alameda County Bar Association. She has also been the co-chair of the Alameda Naval Air Station Restoration Advisory Board.
Hon. Veronica A. Rios Reddick
Judge
The Honorable Judge Veronica Ríos Reddick was appointed to the Alameda County Superior Court bench in October of 2022. She is currently assigned to the East County Hall of Justice. Judge Ríos Reddick received her J.D. from the University of California, College of the Law San Francisco (formerly Hastings), and her BA from the University of California, Berkeley.
Hon. Sandra K. Bean
Judge
Judge Sandra Bean was elect to the bench of the Alameda County Superior Court in 2006. She currently serves as the supervising judge of probate presiding over probate trials and trust matters. She has served in criminal, civil, family law and juvenile dependency departments during her tenure on the bench. During law school, Judge Bean interned for the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office. After law school in 1992, she joined William W. Haskell and Associates as an associate for two years. In 1994, Judge Bean joined Clapp, Moroney, Vucinich, Beeman, and Schley, where she worked until 2000. While in private practice, she practiced personal injury litigation, premises liability, landlord/tenant disputes, employment discrimination, and professional negligence matters. Judge Bean left private practice in 2000 and became a deputy county counsel with the Alameda County Counsel’s Office, representing Adult Protective Services and the Public Guardian in matters regarding the elderly, dependent adults, and mentally ill adults until her election to the bench. Judge Bean earned her BA in English, cum laude, and her MA in Physical Education from Wake Forest University. She also finished for her Ed.D. in Organizational Management and the course requirements for a Ph.D. in Neuromuscular Integration with the goal of becoming an athletic director. Before pursuing that path, Judge Bean decided to change her career course and in 1992, she earned her J.D. from Santa Clara University Law School. Judge Bean has taught probate and advanced probate at the Center for Judicial Education and Research (CJER). She is/was a part of many professional organizations, including the Women Lawyers of Alameda County, the Earl Warren Inn of Court, the Elder Access Committee, the Law Day Committee, as well as her state and local bar associations, is the current chairperson of the California Judge’s Association Probate committee, and is the current chairperson of the probate curriculum committee for CJER. Judge Bean has also volunteered for the Pleasanton Library Read Project, Pleasanton Senior Center, and Rebuild Together in Berkeley.
