Governor Gavin Newsom today announced his appointment of 11 Superior Court Judges, which include two in Alameda County; four in Los Angeles County; one in Napa County; two in Orange County; one in Placer County; and one in Ventura County.

Alameda County Superior Court

ACBA member Jessica Hawk, of Alameda County, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the Alameda County Superior Court. Hawk has served as a Senior Deputy State Public Defender at the Office of the State Public Defender since 2022 and was a Deputy State Public Defender there from 2019 to 2022. She served as a Law Clerk at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 2019 and was a Staff Attorney at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2015 to 2019. Hawk served as an Associate Deputy Public Defender at the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office from 2011 to 2015. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Paul Herbert. 

ACBA member Thomas Eagle Weathers, of Marin County, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the Alameda County Superior Court. Weathers has been a Sole Practitioner since 2015. He was a Partner and Of Counsel at Vasquez Estrada & Conway LLP from 2012 to 2015 and a Partner at Alexander, Berkey, Williams & Weathers LLP from 2003 to 2012. Weathers was an Associate at Alexander & Karshmer from 2000 to 2003, at Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May from 1997 to 2000 and at Long & Levit from 1995 to 1997. He served as a Law Clerk at the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington from 1993 to 1995. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. Weathers fills the vacancy created by the appointment of Judge Eumi K. Lee to the federal bench.

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