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Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the appointment of 15 Superior Court judges, including five for counties in the Bay Area.
Toni Mims-Cochran, 53, is the newest Alameda County Superior Court judge after having served as a commissioner with the court since 2016.
Shara Beltramo, 44, will serve as a judge in Contra Costa County. Beltramo has been a deputy district attorney in Alameda County since 2018.
There are two new San Francisco Superior Court judges, Simon Frankel, 59, and Michael Rhoads, 38.
Frankel has been a partner at the law firm Covington & Burling LLP since 2006, while Rhoads has been chambers attorney to state Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye since 2018.
In San Mateo County, Jeffrey Jackson, 49, will serve as a judge after being a partner at Jackson Law LLP and an attorney with the county's Private Defender Program since 2008.
The other new judges announced Friday are in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and San Diego counties. All of the judges will be paid $231,174 annually in their new positions, according to the governor's office.
