Congratulations to Novella Coleman and to Kathleen Vermazen Radez on their appointments to the Alameda County Superior Court!

Novella Coleman, of Santa Clara County, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the Alameda County Superior Court. She has worked as an Assistant Chief Counsel at the California Civil Rights Department since 2023. She was the Litigation Director at the Bay Area Legal Aid from 2020 to 2023. Judge Coleman worked as a Staff Attorney at PolicyLink in 2019 and at the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California from 2013 to 2019. She worked as a Civil Rights Fellow at Equal Justice Society from 2012 to 2013. judge Coleman received a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School. She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Jo-Lynne Q. Lee.

Kathleen Vermazen Radez, of Alameda County, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the Alameda County Superior Court. Judge Radez has served as a Deputy City Attorney at the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office since 2024. She served as a Supervising Chambers Attorney at the California Supreme Court from 2018 to 2024. Judge Radez worked as an Adjunct Professor at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco from 2022 to 2024. She served several roles at the California Department of Justice including as a Deputy Attorney General from 2016 to 2018 and an Associate Deputy Solicitor General from 2014 to 2016. Judge Radez served as a Law Clerk at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California from 2013 to 2014. She also served as a Law Clerk at the California Supreme Court from 2012 to 2013. Judge Radez worked as an Associate at Morrison & Foerster from 2011 to 2012. Judge Radez received a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School. She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Julia A. Spain. 

See the full list of appointments here.