Chief Justice of California
Career Highlights: Appointed Chief Justice by Gov. Gavin Newsom, sworn in Jan. 2, 2023; justice, California Supreme Court, March-December 2022; justice, 4th District Court of Appeal, 2017-22; judge, San Diego County Superior Court, 2013-17; partner, associate, Latham & Watkins LLP, 1997-2013; assistant U.S. attorney, San Diego, 2002-03
Law School: Stanford Law School, 1997
Career Highlights: Appointed Chief Justice by Gov. Gavin Newsom, sworn in Jan. 2, 2023; justice, California Supreme Court, March-December 2022; justice, 4th District Court of Appeal, 2017-22; judge, San Diego County Superior Court, 2013-17; partner, associate, Latham & Watkins LLP, 1997-2013; assistant U.S. attorney, San Diego, 2002-03
Law School: Stanford Law School, 1997
Courtesy of the California Supreme Court
Hearing oral argument at the state Supreme Court, Justice Patricia Guerrero faced a deceptively simple-sounding question regarding the rough and tumble of California electoral campaigns: When legal disputes arise, does the Political Reform Act's attorney fees provision apply equally to plaintiffs and defendants? A $900,000 fee award was at stake.
It was December 2022. Gov. Gavin Newsom had placed Guerrero on the court in March... (continued)
