Press Releases

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Michele M. Castillo to a judgeship in the Ventura County Superior Court. Castillo, 47, of Camarillo, has served as a commissioner at the Ventura County Superior Court since 2014. She served...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Tamara L. Wood to a judgeship in the Shasta County Superior Court. Wood, 46, of Palo Cedro, has served as a commissioner at the Shasta County Superior Court since 2014, where she was general...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Carlos R. Gutierrez to a judgeship in the Solano County Superior Court. Gutierrez, 58, of Dixon, has been an attorney in private practice at Bernheim, Gutierrez and McCready since 1994. He...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Lupe C. Garcia to a judgeship in the Alameda County Superior Court. Garcia, 47, of Alameda, has been associate general counsel and senior director for global integrity at Gap Inc. since 2006,...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Roger C. Chan to a judgeship in the San Francisco County Superior Court. Chan, 43, of San Francisco, has been executive director at East Bay Children’s Law Offices since 2009. He served as a...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of John P. Bianco and Nathan G. Leedy to judgeships in the Tulare County Superior Court. Bianco, 51, of Visalia, has been owner and attorney at the Bianco Law Firm since 1994. Bianco earned a...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Craig B. Van Rooyen to a judgeship in the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court. Van Rooyen, 49, of San Luis Obispo, has served as a deputy district attorney at the San Luis Obispo County...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Maria Andrea Davalos, Dean Hansell, David E. Hizami, Lisa R. Jaskol, Andrew C. Kim, LaRonda J. McCoy and William L. Sadler to judgeships in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Davalos, 44,...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Layne H. Melzer and Gary M. Pohlson to judgeships in the Orange County Superior Court. Melzer, 54, of Trabuco Canyon, has been a partner at Rutan and Tucker LLP since 1994, where he has been...