SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the appointments of 16 judgeship positions in county trial courts across the state.
According to a press release from the Governor’s Office, Newsom appointed six judges in Los Angeles County, one in Merced County, one in Orange County, one in San Diego County, two in San Francisco County, three in Santa Clara County, one in San Joaquin County and one in Tulare County.
In Los Angeles County, attorney William Forman will replace retired Judge James A. Kaddo. A Harvard Law School graduate, Forman has served as an associate at Arnold & Porter, deputy federal public defender in the Central District of California, associate at Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe (now dissolved), counsel at WilmerHale, and partner at Scheper Kim & Harris LLP and Winston & Strawn LLP. He is a Democrat…