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Tuesday, March 15, 202

 

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Newsom Appoints Five to L.A. Superior Court

 

By a MetNews Staff Writer

 

Gov. Gavin Newsom yesterday appointed four private practitioners and one government lawyer to vacancies on the Los Angeles Superior Court.

He chose:

•Nicholas F. Daum, 47, a partner in Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP.

•Mark A. Davis, 57, a sole practitioner.

•Dean J. Kitchens, 69, a partner in Gibson Dunn & Crutcher.

•Tiana J. Murillo, 42, an assistant Los Angeles county counsel.

•Bradley S. Phillips, 68, a partner in Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP.

 

 

All are Democrats.

Daum and Phillips earned their law degrees at Yale; Davis received his from the University of San Diego; Kitchens graduated from the law school at UCLA; and Murillo’s degree is from Columbia.

Newsom yesterday appointed 17 persons to Superior Court judgeships statewide. Their annual salaries will be $225,074.

 

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