On Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced his nomination of Judge Victor A. Rodriguez as Associate Justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division Three!
Judge Victor A. Rodriguez, 46, of Oakland, has been nominated to serve as an Associate Justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division Three. He has served as a Judge of the Alameda County Superior Court since 2018. Judge Rodriguez served as Supervising Staff Attorney for the Honorable Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar at the California Supreme Court from 2015 to 2018, where he served as Judicial Staff Attorney for the Honorable Carlos R. Moreno, Goodwin H. Liu and Carol A. Corrigan from 2006 to 2015. He served as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Consuelo B. Marshall at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California from 2005 to 2006. Judge Rodriguez was a Skadden Fellow at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund from 2003 to 2005. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and a Master of Arts degree in Communication Studies from California State University, Long Beach. Judge Rodriguez fills the vacancy created by the elevation of Justice Teri L. Jackson as Presiding Justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division Five. This position requires the completion of a review by the State Bar’s Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation and confirmation by the Commission on Judicial Appointments. The Commission consists of Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Attorney General Rob Bonta and Senior Presiding Justice J. Anthony Kline. Judge Rodriguez is a Democrat. The compensation for this position is $256,138.The Recorder has:
As Recall Election Looms, Newsom Nominates a First
District Justice, 22 Trial Court JudgesThe DJ has Newsom Appoints Court of Appeal Justice, 22 Superior Court Judges: Rodriguez was the supervising staff attorney for California Supreme Court Associate Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar from 2015 to 2018. From 2006 to 2015, he was a judicial staff attorney to three other associate justices on the high court, Carlos R. Moreno, Goodwin H. Liu and Carol A. Corrigan. Rodriguez clerked for Consuelo B. Marshall at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He was also the Skadden Fellow at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. He’s currently a judge on the Alameda County Superior Court; as a child, Rodriguez helped his janitor parents clean buildings, including an Alameda courthouse. And The Recorder also ran M.C. Sungail's: A Path to Service and Training: Civil Pro Bono Appellate Opportunities for Law Students and Newer and Seasoned Attorneys |
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