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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.
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Name, age |
Current Position |
Previous Employment |
Law School |
Replacing |
Political Affiliation |
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RAMIRO P. CISNEROS, 53 |
Los Angeles County deputy public defender since 2001 |
Associate, Parker Stanbury LLP, 1999-2001 |
Southwestern |
Judge
William A. MacLaughlin |
Democrat |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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