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Tuesday, September 7, 2021

 

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Newsom Appoints Six to L.A. Superior Court

 

By a MetNews Staff Writer

 

Gov. Gavin Newsom yesterday appointed six persons to the Los Angeles Superior Court. They were among 22 person he appointed to the trial bench statewide. The governor also chose Alameda Superior Court Judge Victor A. Rodriguez, 46, to fill a vacancy on Div. Three of the First District Court of Appeal. The appointments to the Los Angeles Superior Court appear below.

 

Name, age

Current Position

Previous Employment

Law School

Replacing

Political Affiliation

RAMIRO P. CISNEROS, 53

Los Angeles County deputy public defender since 2001

Associate, Parker Stanbury LLP, 1999-2001

Southwestern

Judge William A. MacLaughlin
(retired)

Democrat

E. CARLOS DOMINGUEZ, 42

Deputy Attorney General since 2009

Associate, Rutan & Tucker LLP, 2005-08

University of Southern California

Judge Irma J. Brown (retired)

Democrat

BENJAMIN P. HERNANDEZ-STERN, 40,

Counsel for Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security since 2019.

Attorney in the Office of Justice Programs at the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Civil Rights, 2014-19

Stanford

Judge Victor E. Chavez (deceased)

Democrat

ABRAHAM C. MELTZER, 55

Deputy chief, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California since 2018

Assistant U.S. Attorney since 2004-18

University of California, Berkeley

Judge Ray A. Santana (retired)

None

REGINALD L. NEAL, 54

Los Angeles County deputy district attorney since 2008

Deputy attorney at the California Department of Transportation, 2006-08

Pacific Coast University

Judge Gilbert Lopez (retired)

Democrat

TARA L. NEWMAN, 46

Deputy attorney general since 2008

Sole practitioner, 2006-08

Columbia

Judge Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha (appointed to U.S. District Court)

Democrat

 

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