Gov. Newsom Announces Judicial Appointments

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom March 26 announced his intention to appoint Judge Natalie P. Stone to serve as an associate justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Seven.

The Governor also announced his appointment of three Superior Court Judges, which include one in Los Angeles County.

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.

Los Angeles County Superior Court

Angela J. Davis, of Los Angeles County, has been appointed to serve as a judge in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Davis has served as a commissioner at the Los Angeles County Superior Court since 2018. She served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California from 1995 to 2018. Davis served as a senior supervisory attorney in the Los Angeles Division of the U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Trustee Program from 1993 to 1995. She was an associate at Coudert Brothers LLP from 1990 to 1993 and at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP from 1988 to 1990. Davis earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Mark A. Borenstein. Davis is a Democrat.