CA Supreme Court Nominee Joshua Groban "Exceptionally Well Qualified," Evaluators Say
The judicial appointments commission is set to hold confirmation hearings on Groban's nomination Dec. 21.
The article reports that JNE rated Groban EWQ and also noted "In addition to the glowing review, documents released Wednesday include more than 40 letters of support for Groban from legal and social organizations, judges and lawyers. Many of the letter-writers praised Groban, who was Brown’s chief adviser on judicial appointments for his efforts to diversify California’s judiciary."
Before joining Brown’s administration, Groban was a civil litigator at Munger, Tolles & Olson in Los Angeles from 2005 to 2010. Between 1999 and 2005, he was an attorney with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. He served as a law clerk for Judge William Conner of the U.S. District Court for the New York’s Southern District from 1998 to 1999.
Like Brown’s most recent appointments to the Supreme Court, Groban has no experience as a judge. He does have ties to academia, having lectured at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law since 2015.
Four witnesses are scheduled to testify in support of Groban’s nomination Friday: Retired California Supreme Court Associate Justice Carlos Moreno; Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert of the Second District Court of Appeal’s Division Six; First District Court of Appeal Associate Justice Therese Stewart; and Munger partner Ronald Olson.