New Judges Appointed To Contra Costa County Superior Court

Governor Gavin Newsom announced his latest around of appointments to local courts this week, including two new judges for headed for Contra Costa County Superior Court.

Hanni Fakhoury has worked as a partner of Moeel Lah Fakhoury since 2021.

Fakhoury was an assistant federal public defender for the Northern District of California from 2015 to 2021 and a staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation from 2011 to 2015.

He received his law degree from the University of Pacific and succeeds Judge Charles S. Treat, who retired.

Amanda Karl worked at Gibbs Mura as an associate from 2016 to 2021 and as a partner since 2022.

Karl served as a law clerk at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California from 2015 to 2016 and at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals from 2014 to 2015. She received her law degree from the University of California, Berkeley and she succeeds Judge Charles B. Burch, who also retired.