Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed judges Doreen Boxer and Steven Ipson to the Los Angeles County Superior Court.

Boxer has served as a commissioner at the Los Angeles County Superior Court since 2015. She was a sole practitioner from 2011-15 and served as the San Bernardino County public defender from 2006-10. Boxer also previously served as a deputy public defender at the Orange County Public Defender’s Office from 1996-2006 and at the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office from 1995-96. She fills a vacancy created by the elevation of Justice Helen Zukin to the Court of Appeal.

Ipson served as a Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner since 2016 and was a deputy district attorney in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office from 1994-2016. He was a sole practitioner in 1994 and an associate at the Law Firm of Patterson and Miller from 1992-94. Ipson fills a vacancy created by the retirement of Judge John Ing.