Smiley was a commissioner within the Alameda County Superior Court docket from 2007 to 2012. He was a deputy public defender in Alameda County from 1997 to 2007 and an affiliate adjunct professor on the College of California School of the Legislation, San Francisco from 2004 to 2007.
He fills the emptiness created by the retirement of Justice Sandra L. Margulies. The place pays $279,151.
Jamilah A. Jefferson, of Alameda County, has been appointed to function a choose within the Alameda County Superior Court docket. Jefferson has been supervising deputy metropolis lawyer of Oakland since 2019 after holding a number of roles there since 2012. She was a analysis lawyer on the Alameda County Superior Court docket from 2006 to 2012.
She fills the emptiness created by the retirement of Choose Stephen D. Kaus. The place pays $243,940.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed 4 individuals to judgeships in Alameda and Santa Clara counties. From left: Charles A. Smiley, Jamilah A. Jefferson, Jon A. Heaberlin, and Meghan Piano. (Governor’s Press Workplace by way of Bay Metropolis Information)
Jon A. Heaberlin, of Santa Clara County, has been appointed to function a choose within the Santa Clara County Superior Court docket. He has been a commissioner on the courtroom since 2023. He fills the emptiness created by the retirement of Choose Nona Klippen. The place pays $243,940.
Meghan Piano, of Santa Clara County, has been appointed to function a choose within the Santa Clara County Superior Court docket. She has been a deputy public defender in Santa Clara County since 2008. She was an adjunct professor at Santa Clara College Faculty of Legislation from 2015 to 2022. Piano was a analysis assistant and scientific fellow for the Northern California Innocence Undertaking on the college from 2007 to 2008.
She fills the emptiness created by the retirement of Choose James E. Towery. The place pays $243,940.
