Jeremy Goldman, surrounded by his family, is sworn in as a justice on the First District Court of Appeal by California Supreme Court Associate Justice Leondra Kruger. Courtesy photo from the Judicial Council of California.
Jeremy Goldman, a key lawyer in the legal battle over same-sex marriage rights in California, was easily confirmed to a San Francisco appellate court on Wednesday.
The Commission on Judicial Appointments, comprising Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Attorney General Rob Bonta and Jim Humes, the administrative presiding justice of the First District Court of Appeal, unanimously approved Goldman’s appointment to the First District’s Division Four. He fills the vacancy created by the appointment of Alison Tucher to presiding justice of the court’s Division Three.
