Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the appointment of OCBA members Jeremy D. Dolnick and David J. Hesseltine to judgeships in the Orange County Superior Court.

Dolnick has been appointed to a judgeship in the Orange County Superior Court. Dolnick has served as a senior deputy alternate defender at the Orange County Alternate Defender’s Office since 2013, where he served as a deputy alternate defender from 2004 to 2013. He was a partner at the Law Offices of Dolnick and Dolnick from 1999 to 2004. Dolnick earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Pepperdine University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Jamoa A. Moberly. Dolnick is a Democrat.

Hesseltine has been appointed to a judgeship in the Orange County Superior Court. Hesseltine has served as a senior appellate attorney at the Fourth District Court of Appeal since 2010. He served as a senior legal research attorney at the Orange County Superior Court from 2004 to 2010. Hesseltine was a partner at Connor, Blake and Griffin LLP from 2003 to 2004, where he was an associate from 1996 to 2002. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Diego School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Irvine. Hesseltine fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Andrew P. Banks. He is a Democrat.

For more information on recent appointments, visit the Office of Governor website.