<sod>'''Victoria Kolakowski''' (born Michael Kolakowski on August 29, 1961, in [[Queens]], [[New York]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kolakowskiforjudge.com/sbcc/personalinfo.php?page=biography |title=Biography |publisher=Kolakowski for Judge campaign}}</ref> is an American lawyer, and, since January 2011, judge of the [[Alameda County Superior Court]].<ref name="Knowles">{{cite news|last=Knowles|first=David|title=Victoria Kolakowski: 5 Facts About America's First Transgender Superior Court Judge|publisher=[[AOL News]]|date=January 5, 2011|url=http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/05/victoria-kolakowski-5-facts-about-americas-first-trangender-su/|accessdate=January 9, 2011}}</ref>  Kolakowski is the first openly [[transgender]] person to serve as a trial judge in the [[United States]].<ref name="Knowles" /><eod>
<sod>'''Victoria Kolakowski''' (born Michael Kolakowski; August 29, 1961 in [[Queens]], [[New York]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kolakowskiforjudge.com/sbcc/personalinfo.php?page=biography |title=Biography |publisher=Kolakowski for Judge campaign}}</ref> is an American lawyer, and, since January 2011, judge of the [[Alameda County Superior Court]].<ref name="Knowles">{{cite news|last=Knowles|first=David|title=Victoria Kolakowski: 5 Facts About America's First Transgender Superior Court Judge|publisher=[[AOL News]]|date=January 5, 2011|url=http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/05/victoria-kolakowski-5-facts-about-americas-first-trangender-su/|accessdate=January 9, 2011}}</ref>  Kolakowski is the first openly [[transgender]] person to serve as a trial judge in the [[United States]].<ref name="Knowles" /><eod>