California Courts of Appeal, 4th District
Career Highlights: Appointed to the California Court of Appeal by Gov. Jerry Brown in July 2018. Appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court in 2011. Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, 1999-2012, served as chief of appeals from 2007 to 2012; Investigative counsel for U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, 1997-1999; Associate, Sidley & Austin LLP, 1994-1997; Clerked for Judge Nathaniel R. Jones on the 9th U.S. Circuit court of Appeals.
Law School: Yale Law School
4th District Court of Appeal
Career Highlights: Appointed to the California Court of Appeal by Gov. Jerry Brown in July 2018. Appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court in 2011. Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, 1999-2012, served as chief of appeals from 2007 to 2012; Investigative counsel for U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, 1997-1999; Associate, Sidley & Austin LLP, 1994-1997; Clerked for Judge Nathaniel R. Jones on the 9th U.S. Circuit court of Appeals.
Law School: Yale Law School
4th District Court of Appeal
In October, 4th District Court of Appeal Associate Justice Michael J. Raphael, writing for a unanimous panel, ruled that retired California Highway Patrol officer Miguel Guerrero could seek disclosure of information related to a wiretap targeting his phone.
The wiretap was one of more than 600 authorized by two Riverside County Superior Court judges in 2015 at the request of former Riverside District Attorney Paul Zeller... (continued)
