San Luis Obispo attorney appointed as Superior Court Judge
–Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. announced the appointment of Hernaldo J. Baltodano, 41, of San Luis Obispo, to a judgeship in the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court. He has been a partner at Baltodano and Baltodano LLP since 2011. He was a senior associate at Sanchez and Amador LLP from 2010 to 2011, at Anderson McPharlin and Conners LLP in 2010 and at Robins Kaplan Miller and Ciresi from 2006 to 2009. Baltodano was an associate at Holguin and Garfield from 2005 to 2006, at the Law Office of David A. Mallen from 2004 to 2005 and at Hadsell and Stormer Inc. from 2003 to 2004. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Davis. He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Michael L. Duffy. Baltodano is a Democrat.
Brown’s office also announced the appointment of Deputy District Attorney Jesse Marino to a judgeship with the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court.