Outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown announced the appointment of 12 California superior court judges, which include five in Los Angeles County.

Maria Cavalluzzi, 55, of Los Angeles, has been managing attorney and a trial lawyer at the Law Offices of Cavalluzzi and Cavalluzzi since 2001. She was a sole practitioner from 1999 to 2001 and served as a deputy public defender at the Los Angeles County public defender’s office from 1988 to 1999. She served as a deputy district attorney at the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office from 1987-88. Cavalluzzi is registered without party preference.

Jennifer H. Cops, 41, of Long Beach, has served as a deputy district attorney at the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office since 2007. She was an associate at Lawrence, Beach, Allen and Choi from 2005-07. Cops is a Democrat.

Gail Killefer, 65, of Los Angeles, has served as director of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Program at the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, since 2010. She was a sole practitioner and adjunct professor at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law from 2001-10. Killefer was an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. attorney’s office, Northern District of California, from 1989 to 2001, where she served as chief and deputy chief of the Civil Division. She served as a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, Torts Branch, Civil Division from 1982-89 and as a law clerk for the Honorable Barrington D. Parker at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia from 1981-82. Killefer is a Democrat.

Pamela M. Villanueva, 50, of Los Angeles, has served as a deputy public defender at the Los Angeles County public defender’s office since 1995 and was a deputy public defender at the Orange County public defender’s office in 1995. Villanueva is a Democrat.

David Yaroslavsky, 36, of Los Angeles, has served as a deputy district attorney at the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office since 2012. He was an associate at Latham & Watkins LLP from 2007-12. Yaroslavsky earned a Juris Doctor degree from the New York University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Yaroslavsky is a Democrat.

The compensation for each position is $207,424.