California Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed a Korean-American attorney to serve as a judge in the Orange County Superior Court.
The governor’s office announced the appointment of Orange County Superior Court Commissioner June Jee An as a judge of that court in a press release on December 8.
Judge An, who served as a Research Attorney at the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2005 to 2014, also served as a Deputy General Counsel at the Orange County Superior Court from 2016 to 2022 and has been a commissioner since 2022.
She graduated from UCLA, attended Loyola Law School, and passed the bar exam in 2003. A Democrat, she worked as an Associate at Kalcheim Salah from 2003 to 2005. An’s judgeship fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Kim R. Hubbard.
BY BRIAN CHOI, JUNHAN PARK [ichoi@koreadaily.com]
