Sacramento County (Sacramento)
Career Highlights: Appointed Judge, Sacramento County Superior Court, 2013-present, appointed presiding judge 2024; sole practitioner, 1993-2012, associate, Law Office of Steven L. Wessels; 1992-1993: associate, Law Office of Brady & Kent; 1990-1991, clerk, Law Offices of D. Kapp Nees; 1989-1990: crown prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service in London.
Law School: University of Leicester School of Law, 1987
Career Highlights: Appointed Judge, Sacramento County Superior Court, 2013-present, appointed presiding judge 2024; sole practitioner, 1993-2012, associate, Law Office of Steven L. Wessels; 1992-1993: associate, Law Office of Brady & Kent; 1990-1991, clerk, Law Offices of D. Kapp Nees; 1989-1990: crown prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service in London.
Law School: University of Leicester School of Law, 1987
By Paul Jones
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - African paintings featuring women dressed in myriad hues and a silver-colored figurine add character to the chambers of Bunmi O. Awoniyi, the first person of Nigerian descent to take the California bench. But her British accent betrays another part of her life's story.
The daughter of Nigerian immigrants to the U.K., Awoniyi was originally a barrister in England. She came to the United States as p... (continued)
