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Governor Schwarzenegger Appoints Four to Los Angeles County Superior Court
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the
appointment of James N. Bianco, Kathleen Blanchard, Jared D. Moses and Patricia
Nieto to interim judgeships in the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Bianco, 45, of Los Angeles, has served as a court commissioner
with the Los Angeles County Superior Court since 2005. Also in 2005, he was of
counsel for Overland Borenstein Scheper & Kim LLP. Previously, he was a sole
practitioner from 1995 to 2005. He was a partner with Bahan & Bianco from
1994 to 1995 and served as a deputy city attorney with the Santa Monica City
Attorney's Office from 1990 to 1994. From 1987 to 1990, Bianco was an associate
with Weissburg and Aronson. He earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the
University of
Southern California Law
School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from State
University of New York, Stony Brook. He was elected in June 2008 to fill the
vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Daniel S. Pratt. The Governor's
appointment allows Bianco to immediately assume the position he was otherwise
elected to begin in January 2009. Bianco is a Democrat.
Blanchard, 39, of Los Angeles, has served as a deputy district
attorney with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office since 1998. She
previously worked as a deputy attorney general with the California Department of
Justice from 1994 to 1997. Blanchard earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law and a Bachelor
of Arts degree from Cornell University. She was elected in June 2008
to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Michael Luros. The
Governor's appointment allows Blanchard to immediately assume the position she
was otherwise elected to begin in January 2009. Blanchard is a Democrat.
Moses, 46, of Los Angeles, has been a deputy district
attorney with the Los Angeles County District Attorney since 1994. He was
previously an associate with Hosie, Wes, McLaughlin & Sacks from 1993 to
1994. Moses earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of California, Davis School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts
degree from New
York University. He was elected in June 2008 to
fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge
Dzintra Janavs. The Governor's appointment allows Moses to
immediately assume the position he was otherwise elected to begin in January
2009. Moses is a Democrat.
Nieto, 57, of Los Angeles, has been a court commissioner with
the Los Angeles County Superior Court since 2007. She previously worked as a
juvenile court delinquency referee for the Los Angeles County Superior Court
from 2005 to 2007 and was a part-time hearing referee for the juvenile court of
the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2001 to 2004. From 1985 to 2004,
Nieto was a sole practitioner and, from 1981 to 1985, she was an associate then
partner with Nieto, Paz, Romero & Sanora. In addition, she was an associate
and law clerk with Gomez, Paz, Rodriguez & Sanora from 1976 to 1981. She
earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Southern
California Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the
University of
Kansas. She was elected in
June 2008 to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Alan Kalkin.
The Governor's appointment allows Nieto to immediately assume the position she
was otherwise elected to begin in January 2009. Nieto is a Democrat.
The compensation for each position is
$178,789.
