Governor Appoints Two Contra Costa County Superior Court Judges

This week, Nichelle Holmes and Jesse Jen-Yen Hsieh were appointed as superior court judges in Contra Costa County.

SACRAMENTO –  Governor Gavin Newsom announced his nomination of two Court of Appeal Justices: Judge Tara Desautels as an Associate Justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division Two and Justice Gonzalo Martinez as Presiding Justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Seven.
 
The Governor also announced his appointment of 14 Superior Court Judges, which include two in Contra Costa County; two in Los Angeles County; one in Placer County; one in Riverside County; one in Sacramento County; one in San Diego County; one in San Joaquin County; one in San Mateo County; three in Santa Clara County; and one in Solano County.

In Contra Costa County:

Nichelle Holmes, of Solano County, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the Contra Costa County Superior Court. Holmes has served as a Deputy District Attorney at the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office since 2012. She was an Attorney at the Law Offices of Rosario Bacon Billingsley in 2011 and a Post Bar Fellow at the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office from 2010 to 2011. Holmes earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law. She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Leslie Landau. Holmes is a Democrat.

Jesse Jen-Yen Hsieh, of Alameda County, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the Contra Costa County Superior Court. Hsieh has served as a Deputy Public Defender at the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office since 2021. He served as a Deputy Public Defender at the Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office from 2012 to 2021. Hsieh was a Staff Attorney at the East Bay Community Law Center from 2009 to 2012 and at A New Way of Life Reentry Project in 2009. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. Hsieh fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Laurel Brady. He is a Democrat.

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