Julie Wilensky was appointed an Alameda County Superior Court judge by Governor Gavin Newsom.

Photo: Courtesy the governor’s office

Governor Gavin Newsom has named a prominent lesbian attorney to a vacancy on the Alameda County Superior Court. Julie Wilensky is one of three female judicial appointees Newsom named Thursday to vacant seats on the East Bay bench.   A onetime senior staff attorney at the National Center for LGBTQ Rights when it was known as the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Wilensky is now with the San Francisco City Attorney’s office. She is a deputy city attorney on the complex and affirmative litigation team.   A Democrat who resides in Oakland with her family, Wilensky will fill the vacancy created by then-President Joe Biden’s appointment last year of Judge Noel W

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