Second
District Court of Appeal
Judge Natalie P.
Stone, of Los Angeles County, has been selected to serve as an Associate
Justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Seven. She has served
as a Judge at the Los Angeles County Superior Court since 2015. Judge Stone was
an Appellate Judicial Attorney at the Second District Court of Appeal from 2010
to 2015. Judge Stone was an Associate at Munger, Tolles and Olson LLP from 1999
to 2010 and served as a Law Clerk for the Honorable A. Wallace Tashima at the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1998 to 1999. She earned a
Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Los Angeles School of
Law. She is being selected to fill the vacancy that will be created
pending confirmation of Justice Gonzalo Martinez’s appointment as
Presiding Justice of the Second District Court of Appeal. This position requires
confirmation by the Commission on Judicial Appointments, which consists of
Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero, Attorney General Rob Bonta and Senior
Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert. Judge Stone is a Democrat.
The compensation for this position is $272,902.
The DJ has Newsom nominates judge to 2nd District, names 3 to trial courts, noting:
Even with this month’s picks,
Newsom still has three Court of Appeal vacancies to fill along with 73 superior court positions.
The governor appointed 134 superior court judges and
12 appellate justices last year, the largest number since 2018 and the first days of 2019 – Gov. Jerry Brown’s last year in office, when outgoing governors typically fill almost every available position.
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