New Justices for 1/1 & 3!

Commission Confirms Appointments to Courts of Appeal
Judge Monique Langhorne Wilson joins the First District Court of Appeal, Division One in San Francisco, and Aimee Feinberg joins the Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento.

Judge Monique Langhorne Wilson fills the vacancy created by the appointment of Justice Gabriel P. Sanchez to the federal bench. She has served as a Napa County Superior Court judge since 2018. Judge Langhorne Wilson also served as a Napa County Superior Court commissioner from 2006 to 2018. Before joining the bench, she served as a deputy district attorney at the Napa County District Attorney’s Office from 2000 to 2006 and was a family support officer at the Napa County Department of Child Support Services from 1999 to 2000. Judge Langhorne Wilson earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

Aimee Feinberg fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Andrea Hoch. Feinberg has been of counsel at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP since 2023. She served as a deputy solicitor general at the California Department of Justice from 2014 to 2023. She was a lecturer and director of the California Supreme Court Clinic at the University of California, Davis School of Law from 2012 to 2014 and an associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP from 2005 to 2011. She served as a law clerk for Justice Stephen G. Breyer at the U.S. Supreme Court from 2004 to 2005 and for Judge David S. Tatel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 2003 to 2004. Feinberg was an associate at Covington & Burling from 2002 to 2003. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from Stanford Law School.

The Recorder has Commission on Judicial Appointments Confirms Two to NorCal Appeals Courts

The DJ has New appellate justices confirmed to 1st and 3rd districts

Today's DJ also has Justice Hoffstadt's Gray Areas and retired PJ Bigelow's Arbitrator Disclosure: Designed to Ensure Fairness.

Looking for a free hour of appellate MCLE? ADR Services offers a webinar presented by retired Justice Willhite, retired Judge Feffer, and appellate lawyer Shane McKenzie on Feb. 7 at noon here.

And to see a pro per go down in flames for bad ("vituperative") briefing, see here.

Law360 has 2nd Circ. Rebukes Atty For Fake Citation In Latest AI Blunder -- The Second Circuit referred a New York attorney for punishment Tuesday for submitting a brief citing a fake case generated by ChatGPT and not checking over the brief to catch the mistake.

And New 7th Circ. Judge Says Navy Prepared Him For Bench -- "My job is to follow a chain of command. Following binding precedent," said Judge Kolar. "Both as a Naval intelligence officer and as a judge, I try to make sure that I'm rigorously analyzing anything that comes before me and taking into account all relevant facts."