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Emily E. Vasquez (1977): [230] [231] First Latino American female to serve on the Superior Court of Sacramento, California (2001) Shama H. Mesiwala (1998): [232] First South Asian American (female) judge in Sacramento County, California (2017) Andi Mudryk: [84] First openly LGBT woman to serve on the Sacramento County Superior Court, California ...
The paradox of state judicial officers working in county-operated organizations culminated in a 1996 case in which the Supreme Court of California upheld the constitutionality of a statute under which the superior court of Mendocino County was bound by the county board of supervisors' designation of unpaid furlough days for all county employees ...
Supreme Court and Appeals Court judges appointed by the governor to fill a vacancy must be confirmed by the California Commission on Judicial Appointments, although counties may choose to use this system for superior court judges. [23] The California Commission on Judicial Appointments consists of the Chief Justice, Attorney General, and Senior ...
Maine State Superior Court Judge Michaela Murphy ordered Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, to reassess her decision to bar the former U.S. president from the primary ballot ...
Dena Michaela Coggins (born 1979) [1] is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California since 2024. She previously served as a judge of the Sacramento County Superior Court from 2021 to 2024.
San Joaquin County Superior Court (2020– ) California: active: Manuel Barbosa [47] U.S. Northern District of Illinois (1998–2012) Illinois: deceased: Gus C. Barrera, II [48] San Joaquin County Superior Court (2016– ) California: active: Víctor T. Barrera [49] Los Angeles Municipal Court (1979–1981); Los Angeles County Superior Court ...
The Supreme Court of California is the highest judicial body in the state and sits at the apex of the judiciary of California. [1] Its membership consists of the Chief Justice of California and six associate justices who are nominated by the Governor of California and appointed after confirmation by the California Commission on Judicial Appointments. [2]
All lawyer admissions are done through recommendations of the State Bar, which then must be ratified by the Supreme Court, and attorney discipline is delegated to the State Bar Court of California (although suspensions longer than three years must be independently decided upon by the Court). California's bar is the largest in the U.S. with ...