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Governor Schwarzenegger Appoints Two Judges to Fresno County Superior Court
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the
appointment of Glenda S. Allen Hill and Kimberly A. Gaab to judgeships in the
Fresno County Superior Court.
Allen-Hill, 49, of Fresno, has served as a superior court
commissioner with the Fresno County Superior Court since 1990. She previously
served as a deputy district attorney with the Fresno County District Attorney's
Office from 1988 to 1990 and held the same position with the Madera County
District Attorney's Office from 1987 to 1988. Allen-Hill was a judge advocate
general officer with the U.S. Air Force from 1984 to 1987. She earned a Juris
Doctorate degree from the University of
Southern California Law School and a
Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, San Diego. She fills the vacancy created by the
retirement of Judge Gary S. Austin. Allen-Hill is registered decline-to-state.
Gaab, 41, of Fresno, has
been an assistant U.S.
attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice in Fresno since 2004. She was lead attorney with
the State of California Court of Appeal in Fresno from 1999 to 2004. Gaab was an associate
with Sagaser, Franson, Jamison & Jones from 1994 to 1999 and Jory, Peterson
& Sagaser from 1993 to 1994. She earned a Juris Doctorate degree from Boalt
Hall School of Law at the University of
California, Berkeley and a Master of Business Administration and a
Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Berkeley. She fills one of the new positions
created by Senate
Bill 56. Gaab is a Republican.
The compensation for each position is
$178,789.
