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The Commission on Judicial Appointments will hold public remote hearings on June 24 to consider three appointments to California’s Courts of Appeal in Los Angeles.

The California Supreme Court has appointed Nisha K. Shah, deputy director of litigation at the California Habeas Corpus Resource Center (HCRC), as interim executive director of that agency effective Feb. 16.

On Wednesday, the Second Appellate District, Division One (Los Angeles) will hold a special oral argument outreach session for high school students.

The Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District will host a special oral argument session for students at UC Davis School of Law on Oct. 16 starting at 10 a.m.

Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero delivered her first State of the Judiciary Address to the California Legislature on March 27, 2023.

Justice Kelli Evans also sworn in as an associate justice of the California Supreme Court

Justice Guerrero must now be elected by voters at the Nov. 8 general election. If elected, she would be the first Latina to serve as Chief Justice of California.

SAN DIEGO—Associate Justice Judith Haller of the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One, will retire on Oct. 31 after 28 years on the appellate bench.

Justice Haller was appointed by Gov. Pete Wilson to the Court of Appeal in 1994. Prior to her appointment to the Court of Appeal, she was appointed by Gov. George Deukmejian to the San Diego County Superior Court, where she served as a trial court judge for five years.  

Public hearing Aug. 26 will be broadcast live from the California Courts Newsroom.

The Commission on Judicial Appointments will hold a public hearing at 11 a.m. on June 16 to consider the appointment of Judge Joanne Motoike as Associate Justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Three (Santa Ana).

Tami Fisher named director; Steven Rosenberg to retire after nine years as director

Guerrero is the first Latina justice to serve on the state's high court. She was sworn in by Governor Newsom on March 28, 2022.