Patricia Guerrero
Patricia Guerrero | |
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| 29th Chief Justice of California | |
| Assumed office January 2, 2023 | |
| Appointed by | Gavin Newsom |
| Preceded by | Tani Cantil-Sakauye |
| Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court | |
| In office March 28, 2022 – January 1, 2023 | |
| Appointed by | Gavin Newsom |
| Preceded by | Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar |
| Succeeded by | Kelli Evans |
| Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District Division One | |
| In office December 14, 2017 – March 27, 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Jerry Brown |
| Preceded by | Alex McDonald |
| Succeeded by | Julia C. Kelety |
| Judge of the San Diego County Superior Court | |
| In office May 21, 2013 – December 13, 2017 | |
| Appointed by | Jerry Brown |
| Preceded by | Gonzalo P. Curiel |
| Succeeded by | William Wood |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 7, 1971 California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) Stanford University (JD) |
Patricia Guerrero (born December 7, 1971) is an American judge who is the 29th chief justice of California and served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California from March 2022 through December 2022. Guerrero was previously an associate justice of the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District, Division One from 2017 to 2022, a judge on the San Diego County Superior Court from 2013 to 2017 and an assistant U.S. attorney in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California from 2002 to 2003. On August 10, 2022, Guerrero was nominated to the position of chief justice of California by Governor Gavin Newsom. She is a Democrat.