Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Ismael Rodriguez (left) to a Kings County judgeship and Daniel Walters to the Madera County Superior Court bench. (GV Wire Composite)
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Gov. Gavin Newsom announced three judicial appointments in the San Joaquin Valley last week.
Daniel Walters, a senior prosecutor in the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office since 2012, was appointed to the Madera County Superior Court bench. He replaces the retired Brian Austin.
Walters, a Republican, received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law.
Ismael Rodriguez, from Visalia, will serve as a superior court judge in Kings County. Rodriguez has operated his own law office since 2013. Before that, he worked as a prosecutor in the Tulare County District Attorney’s office. He replaces the retired Michael Rienhart.
Rodriguez, a Democrat, received a Juris Doctor degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego.
Jennifer Feige
Newsom elevated Jennifer Feige, who has served as Kern County’s deputy counsel since 2007, to a Kern County Superior Court judgeship. She fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Elizabet Rodriguez.
Feige, a Democrat, received a Juris Doctor degree from the Chapman University School of Law in Orange, California.
The compensation for superior court judges in California is $244,727 a year.
You can see the governor’s other March 27 judicial appointments at this link.
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