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Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced the appointment of six new Superior Court judges across California, filling vacancies in Kings, Los Angeles, Orange, Santa Clara, Shasta and Sutter counties. Four of the new judges are already serving their courts as commissioners.

In Kings County, Newsom elevated Commissioner Rise Donlon, a longtime public lawyer who has served on the Kings County Superior Court since 2024. She previously spent a decade with the Kings County Office of the County Counsel, where she rose to assistant county counsel. Before entering public service, she spent more than a decade in private practice, including owning her own firm. Donlon earned her law degree from UC College of Law, San Francisco (formerly Hastings), and will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Valerie R. Chrissakis.

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