Thursday, November 10, 2022

Judge Evans now Justice Evans!

Commission Confirms Judge Kelli Evans to California Supreme Court
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, chair of the Commission on Judicial Appointments, announced that the commission today confirmed Judge Kelli Evans as an associate justice of the California Supreme Court. 
See The Recorder's Kelli Evans Confirmed as California Supreme Court Justice, which begins: "Kelli Evans will be the first openly LGBTQ woman justice on the California Supreme Court after her confirmation Thursday."
The DJ has Judge Kelli M. Evans confirmed as justice on state Supreme Court -- "Evans, 53, won’t be sworn in until January. She will take the seat of Justice Patricia Guerrero, who was promoted by Gov. Gavin Newsom to be chief justice once current Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye retires."