Hon. Allan Bollhoffer
Judicial Experience
24 years of Judicial experience - Superior Court, San Mateo County, CA
Elected Superior Court Judge - January 1979, retired January 1999
First Superior Court Commissioner in San Mateo County - 1975 - 1979 (Hearing family law; probate cases; conducting civil settlement conferences)
Administrative Experience
Served as Presiding Judge of the Superior Court for three years, 1981 & 1985-87
Assistant Presiding Judge and Law and Motion, 1980
Served as Presiding Criminal Judge for two years, 1979 & 1988
Private Law Practive
Admitted to California Bar - 1960
Sole practitioner, San Mateo, CA, 1960 - 1964
Partner - Depaoli, Mell & Bollhoffer, Redwood City, CA, 1964 - 1975 (Practice focused on litigation; real estate law; business & corporate law; family law; and probate)
Education
Stanford University Law School, J.D. 1960
Stanford University Undergraduate, B.A. 1958
(Entered Law School in Senior year of Undergraduate study under special program)
Lecturer
Lecturer and Seminar Leader on various subjects for Practical Law Courses; Continuing Education of the Bar; California Center for Judicial Education; and San Mateo Bar Association.
Judge Bollhoffer has extensive experience in all fields and aspects of Civil Law and Judicial functions. He developed the procedures and rules for implementation of the State mandated "fast-track" in San Mateo County and was a Civil Case Management Judge for three years under that program, with an emphasis on early settlement of cases. He also has over 18 years of experience as a Settlement Judge. As a Trial Judge he has conducted jury and bench trials involving all fields of Civil Law, Insurance Law, Family Law, and Probate. There are 28 published opinions by the California Supreme Court and District Court of Appeal regarding cases in which Judge Bollhoffer was the Trial Judge, covering the period from 1977 to 1998. (A list is available upon request)
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