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News Release - May 5, 2025

Chief Justice, Judicial Council Honor Public Servants of California's Judicial Branch

Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero and the Judicial Council of California honor the 20,000 public servants of California's judicial branch during Public Service Recognition Week.
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Public Service Recognition Week

News Release - March 11, 2025

First Appellate District Announces Destruction of Court Records

San Francisco - The Court of Appeal, First Appellate District (San Francisco), has announced its intention to destroy Civil records, case names and numbers listed on the attached documents, pursuant to Rule 10.1028(d) (1) of the California Rules of Court.

All civil cases (excluding those with published opinions) are preserved for at least 10 years.

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Feature - February 25, 2025

Los Angeles Court Staff Assist Court Users Affected by Wildfires

Court self-help staff join other local, state, and federal agencies at two county disaster recovery centers to provide resources to self-represented litigants affected by wildfires
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Self-Help Guide to the California Courts
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Feature - February 11, 2025

California Judges Receive National LGBTQ+ Award

Alameda County Judge Victoria Kolakowski and Los Angeles County Judge D. Zeke Zeidler honored by American Bar Association commission for advancing LGBTQ+ individuals in the legal profession and championing LGBTQ+ causes
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Nation’s first transgender trial judge Victoria Kolakowski to receive Stonewall…
Los Angeles County Judge D. Zeke Zeidler to receive ABA Stonewall Award
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2025 Stonewall Award recipients

News Release - May 14, 2024

Commission Confirms Appointments to Courts of Appeal

Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero, chair of the Commission on Judicial Appointments, announced that the commission today confirmed three nominations to California's Courts of Appeal in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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Attorney General Rob Bonta, Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero, and Presiding Justice Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert

News Release - March 28, 2024

Commission to Consider Appointments to Courts of Appeal

The Commission on Judicial Appointments will consider appointments to appellate courts in San Francisco and Los Angeles on May 14.
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Judge Tara Desautels

News Release - January 30, 2024

Commission Confirms Appointments to Courts of Appeal

Judge Monique Langhorne Wilson joins the First District Court of Appeal, Division One in San Francisco, and Aimee Feinberg joins the Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento.
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Judge Monique Langhorne Wilson

News Release - December 20, 2023

Commission to Consider Appointments to Courts of Appeal

The Commission on Judicial Appointments will hold public hearings on Jan. 30 to consider two appointments to appellate courts in San Francisco and Sacramento.
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Judge Monique Langhorne Wilson and Aimee Feinberg

News Release - June 23, 2023

Commission Confirms Appointments to Courts of Appeal

Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero, chair of the Commission on Judicial Appointments, announced that the commission today confirmed two nominations to the California Courts of Appeal in San Francisco and San Diego.
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News Release - March 1, 2023

Commission to Consider Appointments to Courts of Appeal

The Commission on Judicial Appointments will hold public hearings to consider appointments to the First and Fourth Appellate Districts in San Francisco and San Diego.
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News Release - November 30, 2022

Commission Confirms Appellate Court Appointments

Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, chair of the Commission on Judicial Appointments, announced that the commission today confirmed three appointments to the California Courts of Appeal in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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News Release - September 22, 2022

Judicial Mentorship Program for Appellate Courts Goes Statewide

A new judicial mentoring program is expanding statewide, after the success of a pilot program led by San Francisco’s First District Court of Appeal to help recruit qualified and diverse future candidates to California’s appellate courts.

The program seeks to demystify the judicial appointment process by pairing lawyers and superior court judicial officers with a seasoned justice.

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Governor Newsom last year appointed Teri L. Jackson to the First District Court of Appeal, that court's first African-American female justice.

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