Governor Gavin Newsom today announced his appointment of 8 Superior Court Judges, which includes two in Orange County.

Mena Guirguis, of Orange County, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the Orange County Superior Court. Guirguis has served as Senior Deputy District Attorney and Assistant Head of the Felony Panel at the Orange County District Attorney’s Office since 2022, and has served in several positions there since 2006. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School Los Angeles. Guirguis fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Derek W. Hunt. Guirguis is registered without party preference.

Ami Sheth Sagel, of Orange County, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the Orange County Superior Court. Sagel has been a Sole Practitioner since 2015. She served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California from 2009 to 2015. Sagel was an Associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP from 2006 to 2009. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Chicago Law School. Sagel fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Claudia Silbar. She is a Democrat.

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