Background
Kolkey, Daniel Miles was born on April 21, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Eugene Louis and Gilda Penelope (Cowan) Kolkey.
Kolkey, Daniel Miles was born on April 21, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Eugene Louis and Gilda Penelope (Cowan) Kolkey.
Bachelor, Stanford University, 1974. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1977.
Bar: California 1977, United States District Court (central district) California 1979, United States.Dist. Court (northern district) California 1980, United States District Court (eastern district) California.1978, United States District Court (southern district) California 1994, United States District Court Arizona 1992, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit) 1979, Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1983. Law clerk United States District Court judge, New York City, 1977-1978.
Associate Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, 1978-1984, partner, 1985-1994.
Counsel to Governor and legal affairs secretary to California Governor Pete Wilson, 1995-1998. Associate justice California Court of Appeal, 3rd Appellate District, Sacramento, 1998.
Arbitrator bi-national panel for United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement, 1990-1994. Commissioner California Law Revision Commission, 1992-1994, vice chair, 1993-1994, chair, 1994.
Member BlueRibbon Commision on Jury Sys.
Improvement, 1996.
Member BlueRibbon Commission Member of law & justice committee Member of advisory county
Member Control.
Member Control. Member Los Angeles Committee on Foreign Member American Arbitration Association (panel of arbitrators, arbitrator large complex case dispute resolution program 1993-1994), Chartered Institute Arbitrators, London (associate
Married Donna Lynn Christie, May 15, 1982. Children: Eugene, William, Christopher, Jonathan.