Three Newsom Judicial Appointments To Serve LA Area

Donald A. Buddle Jr., 42, of Santa Clarita, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Buddle has served as a Deputy Public Defender at the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office since 2007. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from Whittier Law School. He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Michael A. Tynan. Buddle is a Democrat. 

Edwin P. Chau, 64, of Arcadia, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Chau has served as a State Assemblymember representing the 49th Assembly District since his election in 2012. He was a sole practitioner from 1994 to 2012 and served as a Montebello Unified School District Board Member from 2000 to 2012. Chau earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Southwestern University School of Law. He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Robert J. Perry. Chau is a Democrat.

Patricia A. Young, 42, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Young has been a Supervising Deputy Federal Public Defender at the Office of the Federal Public Defender, Central District of California since 2014, where she has served as a Deputy Federal Public Defender since 2009. Young was an Associate at Latham & Watkins LLP from 2005 to 2009. She served as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Keith P. Ellison at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas from 2004 to 2005. Young earned a Juris Doctor degree from Stanford Law School. She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Ramona G. See. Young is a Democrat.