The Governor has nominated Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Louis R. Mauro to the 3rd DCA.
According to the press release:
Judge Mauro "served as chief deputy legal affairs secretary for the Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger from 2006 to 2009. Mauro worked for the California Attorney General’s Office from 1994 to 2006, where he served as a senior assistant attorney general, supervising deputy attorney general and deputy attorney general. He was an associate for Boutin Gibson Law Firm from 1993 to 1994 and for Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher from 1988 to 1993. Mauro was a staff attorney for the California Supreme Court from 1987 to 1988."
A former research attorney! You gotta like that.