Governor Newsom Announces Judicial Appointments
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced his
nominations of Judge Hernaldo J. Baltodano to serve as an Associate Justice of
the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Six, and Jeremy M. Goldman to
serve as an Associate Justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division
Four. The Governor also announced his appointment of 11 Superior Court Judges,
which include five in Los Angeles County; four in San Diego County; one in
Placer County; and one in Orange County.
First District Court of Appeal
Jeremy M. Goldman, 53, of Oakland, has been nominated to serve
as an Associate Justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division Four.
He is currently Co-Chief of Appellate Litigation at the San Francisco City
Attorney’s Office, where he has also worked as Deputy City Attorney since 2014.
Goldman was previously a Partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP from 2009
to 2014, and an Associate there from 2002 to 2008. He served as a Law Clerk to
Judge Rosemary Barkett on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit from
2001 to 2002. Goldman earned a Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School. He
fills the vacancy created by the elevation of Justice Alison Tucher to
Presiding Justice of First District Court of Appeal, Division Three. This
position requires confirmation by the Commission on Judicial Appointments,
which consists of Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Attorney General Rob Bonta
and senior Presiding Justice of the First District Court of Appeal Stuart
R. Pollak. Goldman is a Democrat.
Second District Court of Appeal
Judge Hernaldo J. Baltodano, 45, of San Luis Obispo, has been
nominated to serve as an Associate Justice of the Second District Court of
Appeal, Division Six. He has served as a Judge at the San Luis Obispo County
Superior Court since 2017, where he was the Supervising Criminal Judge from
December 2020 to September 2021. Judge Baltodano was a Founding Partner and
Senior Litigation Partner at Baltodano & Baltodano LLP from 2011 to 2017.
He worked as Senior Associate at Sanchez & Amador LLP from 2010 to 2011, Senior
Associate at Anderson McPharlin & Conners LLP in 2010, and as Senior
Associate at Robins Kaplan LLP from 2006 to 2009. He worked as an Associate at
SR Holguin PC from 2005 to 2006, Employee Law Group from 2004 to 2005, and
Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP from 2003 to 2004. Judge Baltodano earned
a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of
Law. Effective June 30, 2022, he fills the vacancy created by the retirement of
Justice Martin J. Tangeman. This position requires confirmation by the
Commission on Judicial Appointments, which consists of Chief Justice Tani
Cantil-Sakauye, Attorney General Rob Bonta and senior Presiding Justice of the
Second District Court of Appeal Arthur Gilbert. Judge Baltodano is a
Democrat.
The compensation for each of these positions is $257,562.
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