Judge Earl appointed to 3d DCA!

Third District Court of Appeal

Judge Laurie M. Earl, 60, of Sacramento, has been nominated to serve as an Associate Justice of the Third District Court of Appeal. She has served as a Judge in the Sacramento County Superior Court since 2005. Judge Earl was Senior Assistant Inspector General at the Sacramento County Office of Inspector General from 2004 to 2005 and a Deputy District Attorney at the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office from 1995 to 2004. She served as an Assistant Public Defender at the Sacramento County Public Defender’s Office from 1989 to 1995. Judge Earl earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Lincoln Law School of Sacramento. She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice M. Kathleen Butz. 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 Vance W. Raye. Judge Earl is a Democrat. The compensation for this position is $256,138.