Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced the appointment of seven new Superior Court judges in three Bay Area counties, including Alameda, San Mateo and Santa Clara.

In Alameda County, Newsom tapped Diane Meier, who worked as an attorney in the First District Court of Appeal since 2018 and was a senior staff attorney in the Solano County Superior Court from 2010 to 2018, according to the governor's office.

Meier, a Democrat, earned a law degree from the Washington and Lee University School of Law in Virginia. Meier takes over for judge Charles Smiley, who now sits on the First District Court of Appeal.

Julie Wilensky was also appointed as an Alameda County Superior Court judge. Wilensky worked as a deputy city attorney at the San Francisco City Attorney's Office since 2022 and was a seni

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