California Governor Newsom appoints 3 Indian-origin Superior Court Judges    

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California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the appointment of 27 Superior Court Judges May 19, 2023. Three of them are of Indian or part-Indian origin, Marsha Bipin Amin, Ram Fletcher, and Sweena Pannu.

The compensation for each of these positions is $231,174, according to a press release from the Governor’s office, which also provided brief bios of the Judges.

Marsha Bipin Amin, of San Diego County, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the San Diego County Superior Court.

Amin, a Democrat, has served as a Managing Attorney at the Fourth District Court of Appeal since 2018 and was a Senior Appellate Court Attorney there from 2011 to 2018.

She was an Associate at Procopio from 2006 to 2010 and served as a Law Clerk at the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California from 2005 to 2006.

Amin has a Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Diego School of Law and a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Southern California.

She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Laura Halgren.

Ram Fletcher, of Santa Clara County, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the Santa Clara County Superior Court.

Fletcher has been a Partner at Bohn & Fletcher LLP since 2013.

He was an Associate at Bohn & Bohn from 2007 to 2012 and a Sole Practitioner from 2005 to 2006.

Fletcher earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Santa Clara University School of Law.

He fills the vacancy created by the elevation of Judge Charles Wilson to the Court of Appeal.

Fletcher is registered without party preference.

Sweena Pannu, of Stanislaus County, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the Stanislaus County Superior Court.

Pannu, a Democrat, has served as a Deputy County Counsel in the Stanislaus County Counsel’s Office since 2020.

She served as a Deputy Public Defender at the Stanislaus County Public Defender’s Office from 2006 to 2020.

She was an Attorney at M.L.SARIN from 1996 to 2004.

Pannu has a Master of Laws degree from the University of Aberdeen School of Law.

She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Thomas D. Zeff.