Supreme Court Names Appointments to State Bar Board of Trustees and Committee of Bar Examiners

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

Two individuals were reappointed to the State Bar of California’s Board of Trustees, the State Bar's governing body, effective September 20, 2024. The appointees are: 

• Attorney Brandon Stallings, the current chair, will serve a second year as the board's chair for 2024-2025. Stallings is a deputy district attorney in Kern County. The court appointed him to the board in 2018. 
   
• José Cisneros, a nonattorney, public member and the current vice chair, will serve a second year as the board's vice chair for 2024–2025. Cisneros is the Treasurer of the City and County of San Francisco.  The Governor appointed him to the board in 2019. 

Four were named to the State Bar of California’s Committee of Bar Examiners. Their terms will begin next month. The appointees are:  

• Attorney Alex Chan, the current committee vice chair, will serve as committee chair for 2024-2025. Chan is a partner at Devlin Law Firm.
   
• Attorney Alan Yochelson, a current member, will serve as committee vice chair for 2024-2025. Yochelson is the Head Deputy District Attorney of Los Angeles County. 
   
• Administrative Law Judge Robert Brody, a current attorney member, was reappointed to a four-year term. Judge Brody is an Administrative Law Judge with the State of California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board Pasadena Office of Appeals.
   
• Attorney Paul Kramer, a current member, was reappointed to a four-year term. Kramer is retired and previously worked at the California Energy Commission.

The committee’s roles include development and administration of the California Bar Exam and oversight of the moral character determination and admissions processes for attorneys. The committee also accredits state law schools and registers unaccredited state law schools.