[CDO/La Alianza/BLJLP] 7th Annual Latinx Judges Panel

Judge Ana de Alba is the daughter of Mexican immigrant farmworkers and received her B.A. from the University of California Berkeley in 2002 and her J.D. in 2007 from the UC Berkeley School of Law.  While a law student, de Alba worked with elementary and middle school students on mock trials.  After law school, de Alba joined Lang Richet & Patch PC.  In 2018, de Alba was appointed to the Fresno County Superior Court by Governor Jerry Brown.  In 2022, she was nominated and confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.  She was then elevated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in November 2023.  Judge de Alba is the fourth Hispanic woman appointed to the court.  Judge de Alba sits in Fresno.

 

Justice Hernaldo J. Baltodano is an Associate Justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Six.  He was born in Nicaragua, and his family immigrated to the U.S. when he was 15 months old.  Before joining the Court of Appeal in 2022, he served as a judge on the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court, including as the Supervising Criminal Judge, and was instrumental in creating pre-trial services, mental health diversion treatment, and misdemeanor diversion programs.  Before becoming a judge, Justice Baltodano was a founding partner at Baltodano & Baltodano LLP and also practiced complex employment and class action law at multiple law firms in Los Angeles.  He received his undergraduate degree from UC Davis and his law degree from UC Berkeley.  He lives in San Luis Obispo with his wife of 20 years and two children.