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Governor Brown Appoints Three To Orange County Superior Court

On Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the appointment of Frank Ospino, Kathleen E. Roberts, and Mary Kreber Varipapa to judgeships in the Orange County Superior Court.

Ospino, 55, of Santa Ana, has served as the Orange County Public Defender since 2012 and has served in several positions at the Orange County Public Defender’s Office since 1992. Ospino fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Luis A. Rodriguez. He is a Democrat.

Roberts, 50, of Glendale, has served as a deputy district attorney at the Orange County District Attorney’s Office since 1993. She was an attorney at McClintock, Weston et al. from 1991 to 1993 and at Latham and Watkins from 1990 to 1991. She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Francisco P. Briseno. Roberts is a Democrat.

Kreber Varipapa, 47, of Seal Beach, has served as an attorney in the Orange County Public Defender’s Office since 1998. She was an adjunct professor at the University of Phoenix Criminology Department from 2004 to 2007 and an attorney at Orange County Juvenile Defenders from 1996 to 1998 and at Santa Clara Juvenile Defenders from 1996 to 1997. She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Ronald P. Kreber. Kreber Varipapa is registered without party preference.

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