California Governor-elect Gavin Newsom announced Thursday that longtime Californian and civil rights lawyer Catherine Lhamon will be his administration’s legal affairs secretary.

Lhamon is set to start her new role Jan. 7, 2019, when Newsom’s administration begins. She’ll replace outgoing Governor Jerry Brown’s legal affairs secretary Peter Krause, who began the role in December 2014 and was recently nominated by Brown to the Third District Court of Appeal. Lhamon’s appointment was announced at the same time that Newsom named Anthony Williams as his incoming legislative affairs secretary.