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Governor Brown Announces Newly Appointed Orange County Superior Court Judges

Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the appointment of Cynthia M. Herrera, Kimberly A. Knill, and Thomas S. McConville to judgeships in the Orange County Superior Court.

Herrera, of Santa Ana, has been appointed to a judgeship in the Orange County Superior Court. Herrera has served as a senior deputy district attorney in the Orange County District Attorney’s Office since 2011, where she has been a deputy district attorney since 1997. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Irvine. She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge W. Michael Hayes. Herrera is a Democrat.

Knill, of Aliso Viejo, has been appointed to a judgeship in the Orange County Superior Court. Knill has served as a senior appellate attorney at the Fourth District Court of Appeal since 2016. She was a research attorney at the Orange County Superior Court from 2014 to 2016, a writing instructor at Whittier Law School from 1997 to 1998 and a sole practitioner from 1994 to 2014. Knill was an associate at McDermott, Will and Emery from 1988 to 1994. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Pepperdine University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Arizona. She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Mary F. Schulte. Knill is a Republican.

McConville, of Irvine, has been appointed to a judgeship in the Orange County Superior Court. McConville has been a partner at Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe since 2009, where he was of counsel from 2007 to 2009. He served as deputy chief of the Santa Ana Office in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California from 2004 to 2006, where he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney from 2000 to 2006. McConville served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Ohio from 1996 to 2000 and was an associate at McKenna and Cuneo from 1991 to 1996. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Georgetown University Law Center and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University. He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Thomas J. Borris. McConville is a Democrat.

For more information on recent appointments, visit the Office of Governor website.


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