Victoria Kolakowski
- January 8, 2024
- Lawyer
Quick Facts
Full Name | Victoria Kolakowski |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Date Of Birth | Aug 29, 1961(1961-08-29) |
Age | 63 |
Birthplace | New York |
Country | United States |
Horoscope | Leo |
Victoria Kolakowski Biography
Name | Victoria Kolakowski |
Birthday | Aug 29 |
Birth Year | 1961 |
Place Of Birth | New York |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Leo |
Victoria Kolakowski is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on August 29, 1961 in New York, United States. Victoria Kolakowski (born August 29 1961, in Queens, New York) is a prominent American lawyer and, since January of 2011 as a judge in the Alameda County Superior Court. Kolakowski was the very first transgender person who is openly gay to be the judge for a trial court of broad jurisdiction within the United States, the first chosen to be a judge, and the first person to be a judge anywhere in California. (Houston Municipal Court Judge Phyllis Frye was the first judge to be openly transgender of any sort to be appointed in the United States).
She was co-chairperson of the Bay Area Transgender Law Association between 1996 and 2000. She is a member of the National Association of Women Judges since 2006.
Kolakowski married Cynthia Laird, news editor of the Bay Area Reporter, on June 16, 2008. Ron Dellums performed the ceremony.
Before she was elected with 51% of the vote to her opponent’s 48% on November 2, 2010, Kolakowski served as an administrative law judge with the California Public Utilities Commission for four years.
Kolakowski was a graduate of The Paul M. Hebert Law Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with the title of Juris Doctor in 1989. She started her transition in her final semester in law school. Kolakowski was undergoing an operation to re-assign sex in the year 1992 (this was previously reported to be 1991). Kolakowski had to file a lawsuit to pass the bar examination in Louisiana after revealing that she was transgender.
Victoria Kolakowski Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Lawyer |
House | Living in own house. |
Victoria Kolakowski is one of the richest Lawyer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Victoria Kolakowski 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Kolakowski, the youngest daughter of Martin Kolakowski and June Kolakowski of Staten Island, New York. Kolakowski is a graduate of the Stuyvesant High School located which is located in New York City and the first member of her family to go to college. Kolakowski was a graduate of New College of Florida in Sarasota, Florida with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Sciences in 1982.
She graduated with an master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from Tulane University in 1987 and an MSc Science Degree in electrical Engineering from the University of New Orleans in 1990.
In 1997, Kolakowski received a Master of Divinity degree from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California.
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Facts & Trivia
Victoria Ranked on the list of most popular Lawyer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Victoria Kolakowski celebrates birthday on August 29 of every year.
Top Facts about Victoria Kolakowski
- Victoria Kolakowski is the first openly transgender judge in the US.
- She was appointed to the Alameda County Superior Court in 2010.
- Kolakowski has been a lawyer for over 25 years.
- She served as a member of the California Judicial Council from 2016-2019.
- Kolakowski has advocated for LGBTQ+ rights throughout her career.
- She received her law degree from Louisiana State University in 1989.
- Kolakowski was elected to serve on the board of directors for the National LGBT Bar Association in 2008.
- She has also worked as an administrative law judge and mediator.
- In 2020, she was re-elected to another term on the Alameda County Superior Court bench.
- Kolakowski has received numerous awards and honors for her work promoting equality and justice for all people, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation.