Supreme Court Makes Appointments to State Bar Board of Trustees and State Bar Court

The California Supreme Court made various State Bar-related appointments on Wednesday.

The court reappointed Attorney Sarah Good to the State Bar of California’s Board of Trustees, the State Bar's governing body that establishes the strategic direction for the State Bar and ensures that the organization is fulfilling its statutory mission. Good, a partner and chief talent and inclusion officer at Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco, will serve a four-year term starting September 20.

The court also reappointed, effective November 1, two judges to the State Bar Court, which rules on attorney discipline cases:

• Judge Manjari Chawla was reappointed to a six-year term as hearing judge on the State Bar Court's Hearing Department in San Francisco.

• Judge Tamara Ribas was reappointed to a six-year term as a review judge on the State Bar Court's Review Department in San Francisco.

The Hearing Department is the trial level of the State Bar Court. Five full-time judicial positions are split between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The Supreme Court appoints two of the hearing judges, while the Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Senate Committee on Rules appoint one hearing judge each.

The Review Department is the appellate level of the State Bar Court, consisting of the presiding judge and two other review judges. All review judges are appointed by the Supreme Court.