Gov. Gavin Newsom (Democratic), 2024

• Associate Justice, Second District Court of Appeal, Division Seven · 2023–2024
• Deputy Judicial Appointments Secretary, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom · 2019–2023
• Deputy Solicitor General, California Attorney General’s Office · 2017–2019
• Partner, Appellate and Supreme Court Practice Group, Squire Patton Boggs · 2007–2017
• Law Clerk, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California · 2010
• Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California · 2007
• Associate, Coblentz Patch Duffy and Bass LLP · 2005–2007
• Associate, Morrison & Foerster LLP · 2003–2005

• Apartment Association of Los Angeles County, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles (opens in a new tab)

  Apr 15, 2026 · Reversed in part

  Held a city's minimum-debt rule for evictions is a tenant defense, not preempted by state law.

• Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers Association v. County of Los Angeles (opens in a new tab)

  Mar 13, 2026 · Reversed

  Reversed, finding a county failed to show a union waived its right to bargain over outsourcing.

• Center for Biological Diversity v. County of Los Angeles (opens in a new tab)

  Jun 26, 2025 · Affirmed

  Upheld a ruling that a county's environmental review used cap-and-trade in a misleading way.

• Governor Newsom Announces Judicial Appointments 3.12.24 (opens in a new tab)
•  · Gonzalo C. Martinez | Second Appellate District (opens in a new tab)
•  · Commission Confirms Appointments to Courts of Appeal (May 14, 2024) (opens in a new tab)

Gov. Gavin Newsom (Democratic), 2024

• Associate Justice, Second District Court of Appeal, Division Seven · 2023–2024
• Deputy Judicial Appointments Secretary, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom · 2019–2023
• Deputy Solicitor General, California Attorney General’s Office · 2017–2019
• Partner, Appellate and Supreme Court Practice Group, Squire Patton Boggs · 2007–2017
• Law Clerk, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California · 2010
• Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California · 2007
• Associate, Coblentz Patch Duffy and Bass LLP · 2005–2007
• Associate, Morrison & Foerster LLP · 2003–2005

• Apartment Association of Los Angeles County, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles (opens in a new tab)

  Apr 15, 2026 · Reversed in part

  Held a city's minimum-debt rule for evictions is a tenant defense, not preempted by state law.

• Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers Association v. County of Los Angeles (opens in a new tab)

  Mar 13, 2026 · Reversed

  Reversed, finding a county failed to show a union waived its right to bargain over outsourcing.

• Center for Biological Diversity v. County of Los Angeles (opens in a new tab)

  Jun 26, 2025 · Affirmed

  Upheld a ruling that a county's environmental review used cap-and-trade in a misleading way.

• Governor Newsom Announces Judicial Appointments 3.12.24 (opens in a new tab)
•  · Gonzalo C. Martinez | Second Appellate District (opens in a new tab)
•  · Commission Confirms Appointments to Courts of Appeal (May 14, 2024) (opens in a new tab)