Fil-Am named Solano County Superior Court judge

SAN FRANCISCO – California Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed seasoned Filipino American lawyer Marlo S. Nisperos as a judge in the Solano County Superior Court.

Newly appointed Solano County Superior Court Judge Marlo S. Nisperos has served on the Board of the Filipino Bar Association of Northern California. CONTRIBUTED

Nisperos has served as an administrative law judge at the Office of Administrative Hearings since 2019. She was a sole practitioner from 2016 to 2019 and a partner at the Law Offices of Nisperos and Small from 2015 to 2016.

Nisperos served as a deputy district attorney at the Solano County District Attorney’s Office from 2006 to 2015.

She earned a juris doctor degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. Nisperos fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Earl B. Nelson.

The National Filipino American Lawyers Association (NFALA) congratulated Nisperos, who has served on the Board of NFALA affiliate, the Filipino Bar Association of Northern California.

Gov. Newsom last week announced his appointment of Nisperos and 13 other Superior Court judges in the counties of Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Diego, San Joaquin, San Mateo and Santa Clara.

He also announced his nomination of two Court of Appeal Justices – Judge Tara Desautels as an Associate Justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division Two and Justice Gonzalo Martinez as Presiding Justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Seven.

The governor has also recently appointed Filipino American judges in Southern California, including Los Angeles County Superior Court Judges Christine Gonong, Cristina Legaspi and Lowrie Mendoza, and Orange County Superior Court Judge Bryan Clavecilla.

In San Bernardino County, Fil-Am deputy district attorney Michelle Lauron has won as Superior Court judge in the March 5 primary election.