Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on June 28 the appointment of 15 superior court judges, including a former longtime Santa Clara County prosecutor who has overseen the district attorney’s South County office.
Stephen Lowney and Vinita Bali will serve as judges in Santa Clara County.
Lowney has been a deputy district attorney for the local office since 2002. For several years during his career with the DA’s office, Lowney served as the supervising deputy DA in South County.
Bali has served as international counsel and senior director of risk strategies at Stanford University since 2022.
Peter Chang will serve as a judge in Contra Costa County Superior Court, after having served as a deputy attorney general at the California Department of Justice since 2014.
Tameem Mardini is the newest San Joaquin County Superior Court judge, after having served as a commissioner with the court since 2021.
The other new judges announced Tuesday are in Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Tulare and Yolo counties. Each of the judges will be paid $231,174 annually, according to the governor’s office.
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