Justice Jenkins appointed as Judicial Appointments Secretary

Governor Newsom Appoints Judicial Appointments Secretary and LegalAffairs Staff

Gavin Newsom today announced the appointment of his Judicial Appointments Secretary and Legal Affairs Secretary, and other members of his legal affairs team in the Governor’s Office.

JusticeMartin Jenkins, 65, of, San Francisco, has been appointed Judicial Appointments Secretary in the Office of the Governor. Justice Jenkins currently serves as an Associate Justice on the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, and was appointed to this position in 2008. Prior to this court appointment, Justice Jenkins served as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California from 1997 to 2008. From 1992 to 1997, he served as a judge on the Alameda County Superior Court and previously served on the Oakland Municipal Court from 1989 to 1992. From 1986 to 1989, he was a trial attorney with the Pacific Bell Legal Department of San Francisco and from 1983 to 1986, he worked in the U.S. Department of Justice as a trial attorney. From 1980 to 1983, he worked as a prosecutor for the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $185,004. Jenkins is a Democrat.

[1/15/19 Today's DJ has State appellate court justice named to governor's legal team; The Recorder has Newsom Picks Appellate Justice Martin Jenkins for Judicial Appointments Secretary: The post gives Jenkins the primary role in vetting candidates for vacancies in the state's 1,800-judge appellate and trial courts.]
[1/16/19 Today's DJ has Newsom chooses veteran justice to help him pick judges: In naming Justice Martin J. Jenkins as his judicial appointments secretary, Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken a different approach than most past governors, including his predecessor. This article makes clear that Justice Jenkins is leaving the Court of Appeal to work with the Governor (taking a pay cut). So perhaps his first job will be to replace himself on the court! Moreover, even being legally able to take the job was established by Justice Gilbert's case, Gilbert v. Chaing, 2014 DJDAR 8489] [The MetNews has Governor Newsom Names Justice Jenkins Judicial Appointments Secretary]