Friday, December 28, 2012
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Brown Names 30 to Superior Courts, Including 11 in Los Angeles
By a MetNews Staff Writer
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LORI R. BEHAR Judge-Designate |
DANIEL L. BRENNER Judge-Designate |
ROBERT BROADBELT Judge-Designate |
PATRICK CATHCART Judge-Designate |
ANNABELLE CORTEZ Judge-Designate |
ROBERT S. DRAPER Judge-Designate |
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MARC D. GROSS Judge-Designate |
JOSEPH R. PORRAS Judge-Designate |
TONY L. RICHARDSON Judge-Designate |
MICHAEL J. SCHULTZ Judge-Designate |
LYNNE H. SMITH Judge-Designate |
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Gov. Jerry Brown yesterday named 30 people as judges in superior courts throughout the state, with 11 of those appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court.
He also named a former state lawmaker, Allyson Huber, to the Sacramento Superior Court.
The local appointees are Lori R. Behar, Daniel L. Brenner, Robert B. Broadbelt III, Patrick A. Cathcart, Annabelle G. Cortez, Robert S. Draper, Marc D. Gross, Joseph R. Porras, Tony L. Richardson, Michael J. Shultz and Lynne Hobbs Smith.
Appointees’ Bios
Behar, 59, of Manhattan Beach, a commissioner for the court since 2006, fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Marjorie S. Steinberg. Behar, a Democrat, received her law degree from Loyola and her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Brenner, 61, of Washington, D.C., is a former senior vice president of the law and regulatory department at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, and before that acting professor and director of the Communications Law Program at UCLA from 1986 to 1992. His previous posts include senior advisor to the chairman at the Federal Communications Commission and law clerk for Judge William Matthew Byrne Jr. at the United States District Court for the Central District. Brenner earned his law, Master’s and undergraduate degrees from Stanford. He is registered as a Democrat and fills the vacancy created by the conversion of a commissioner position.
Broadbelt, 53, of Palos Verdes Estates, has been an attorney in private practice since 1984. He earned his law degree from the University of Southern California and his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Broadbelt, a Democrat, fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Maral Injejikian.
Cathcart, 67, of Pasadena, a Democrat, has been an attorney in private practice since 1977. He previously served as a law clerk for Judge Spencer Williams of the United States District Court for the Northern District after receiving his law degree from the University of California, Hastings, and an undergraduate degree from Stanford. He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Judith L. Champagne.
Cortez, 43, of Glendale, has been an attorney at the Administrative Office of the Courts since 2007. She was western regional counsel at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund in 2007, and before that an attorney in private practice for 12 years. She received her law degree from the University of California, Hastings, and her undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego. Cortez, a Democrat, fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge John P. Shook.
Septuagenarian Appointed
Draper, 70, of Pacific Palisades, has been an attorney in private practice since 1968. Both his law and undergraduate degrees are from the University of California, Berkeley. Draper, a Democrat, fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Jacqueline A. Connor.
Gross, 56, of Los Angeles, fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Peter D. Lichtman. Gross is a Democrat, and has been an attorney in private practice since 1981. He received his law degree from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA.
Deputy District Attorney Porras, 40, of Whittier, fills the vacancy created by the conversion of a court commissioner position last year. He has worked in the Hardcore Gang Division of the District Attorney’s Office since 1999. Porras, a Democrat, received his law degree from Loyola and his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Richardson, 57, of San Marino, has been an attorney in private practice since 1985. Before that he clerked for Judge David W. Williams at the United States District Court for the Central District. Richardson earned his law degree from Stanford and his undergraduate degree from Harvard College. Richardson, a Democrat, fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Michael A. Latin.
Shultz, 47, of Los Angeles, has served as a commissioner of the Los Angeles Superior Court since 2009. Before that he was a clinical professor at Loyola Law School and clinical director at the school’s Center for Juvenile Law and Policy.
He was a panel appellate attorney at the California Appellate Project from 2005 to 2009 and served as a deputy public defender at the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office from 1991 to 2005. Shultz, a Democrat, received his law degree from Loyola and his Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Martha E. Bellinger.
Smith, of Los Angeles, has served as a Los Angeles County deputy district attorney since 1995, except for a brief stint as a solo practitioner in private practice from 2007 to 2008. Before that she spent three years in private practice.
Smith received her law degree from Columbia University and her undergraduate degree from Spelman College. She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Burt Pines. Smith is a Democrat.
Brown also appointed former Democratic state lawmaker Alyson L. Huber, 40, of El Dorado Hills, to the Sacramento Superior Court. Huber was Assembly member for the state’s 10th District, representing suburbs of Sacramento, from 2008 to 2012.
Huber decided against seeking re-election for a third and final term after newly drawn political boundaries shifted her district in favor of Republicans. The Associated Press reported that Huber was also going through a difficult time personally amid a divorce and financial troubles relating to a default on a million-dollar mortgage on a home in El Dorado Hills.
Before entering politics Huber was a business litigator in private practice. She earned her law degree from the Hastings College of the Law, and an undergraduate degree from Cornell. She fills the vacancy created by the conversion of a court commissioner position.
Also appointed were:
•Terri K. Flynn-Peister 38, of Newport Beach and Elizabeth G. Macias 41, of Orange, both Democrats, to the Orange Superior Court;
•Brendan P. Conroy 56, of San Francisco and Braden C. Woods 46, of San Francisco, both Democrats, to the San Francisco Superior Court;
•Pamela P. King 62, of Rancho Cucamonga, who is registered decline-to-state, and Lily L. Sinfield 40, of Victorville, a Republican, to the San Bernardino Superior Court;
•David M. Chapman, 62, of Palm Desert, a Democrat, and Matthew C. Perantoni, 51, a Republican, of Moreno Valley, to the Riverside Superior Court;
•Rita C. Federman 50, of San Luis Obispo, a Democrat, to the San Luis Obispo Superior Court;
•Kimberly E. Colwell 54, of Berkeley, and Brad Seligman, 61, of Berkeley, both Democrats, to the Alameda Superior Court;
•Michael R. Deems 59, of Chico, who is registered decline-to-state, to the Butte Superior Court;
•Michael J. Reinhart, 54, of Hanford, a Republican, to the Kings Superior Court;
•Mark Andrew Talamantes, 46, of Tiburon, a Democrat, to the Marin Superior Court;
•Harry L. Jacobs, 67, of Merced, a Democrat, to the Merced Superior Court;
•Elia M. Ortiz, 39, of Napa, a Democrat, to the Napa Superior Court;
•Linda J. Sloven, 58, of Nevada City, a Democrat, to the Nevada Superior Court; and
•Michael W. Jones, 56, of Folsom, a Democrat, to the Placer Superior Court.
The compensation for each of these positions is $178,789.
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