is from UC-Davis School of Law and she fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Dennis Cornell.Ĭalifornia appeals court judges are paid $219,272. She was a deputy attorney general for California from 2008 to 2011, and was in private practice from 1985 until 2007. Meehan, 61, has been a judge at Fresno County Superior Court since 2014, and was a commissioner there from 2011 to 2014. Kathleen Meehan, of Fresno, was appointed to the Fifth District Court of Appeal. His law degree is from the Western State University College of Law and he fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Jeffrey King. He served four years as a deputy public defender in Riverside County. Fields, 57, has been a Riverside County Superior Court judge since 2000, was presiding judge there from 2007 to 2008, and a commissioner from 1991 to 2000. Richard Fields, of Corona, was appointed to Division Two of the Fourth District Court of Appeal. He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice James McIntyre.Īppellate Court judges must be confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments. His law degree is from UCLA School of Law. He was a partner with Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes and Leach from 1998 to 2003, and an associate there from 1994 to 1998 and from 1982 to 1984. Dato, 61, has been a San Diego County Superior Court judge since 2003. William Dato, of Poway, was appointed to Division One of the Fourth District Court of Appeal. Jerry Brown has appointed seven new judges to California superior courts, and three judges to California Courts of Appeal.