Newsom Appoints 23 Superior Court Judges: Five in Los Angeles County, Four in Sacramento County, at $244,727 Each
SACRAMENTO, California - Governor Gavin Newsom announced on November 4 the appointment of 23 Superior Court judges across 17 California counties, including five in Los Angeles County and four in Sacramento County, plus one interim appointment in each of those two counties. Each position pays $244,727.
The five Los Angeles County appointees are Noelle Brown Adams, a Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney since 2013; Edward Han, a Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney and U.S. Air Force Reserve Assistant Staff Judge Advocate who previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney; Kristen Williams, a Los Angeles County Superior Court Commissioner since 2025 and a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for 16 years; Rebecca Goodrich, a Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney since 2015 and an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California; and Arpa Stepanian, a partner at Weiss and Stepanian since 2015. Ann Maurer, Chief Assistant City Attorney of Glendale, received an interim appointment allowing her to immediately assume the seat she was elected to begin in January 2027.
In Sacramento County, three of the four appointees currently serve as Deputy Legal Affairs Secretaries in the Governor's Office: Michele Beckwith, a former First Assistant U.S. Attorney; Jasmine Turner-Bond, in the Governor's Office since 2019; and Matthew Lee, a Yale Law School graduate. The fourth, Alicia Hartley, has served as a Sacramento County Superior Court Commissioner since 2022 after 18 years as an Assistant Public Defender. Commissioner Heath Langle received an interim appointment in Sacramento County.
Other appointments include Eddie Flores in Orange County, Maria Diaz in San Diego County, Laurel Hoehn in San Bernardino County, Jesse Basbaum in Alameda County, David Olmos in Fresno County, Kerry Krueger in San Joaquin County, Timothy Elliott in San Mateo County, Thomas Sprankling, a former U.S. Supreme Court law clerk, in Santa Clara County, Joseph Stogner in Mendocino County, Brenda Pannell-Nash in Merced County, Byron Beebe in Stanislaus County and Philip Bonoli in Ventura County.
The Governor's Office said the appointments fill vacancies created by judicial retirements and elevations to the Court of Appeal.
(Source: Office of the Governor of California)
Source: Office of the Governor of California
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Photo: 图：洛杉矶县高等法院所在的 Stanley Mosk 法院大楼。CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles, home to the Los Angeles County Superior Court. CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
