Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced today he's appointing Alameda County Superior Court Judge James A. Richman to be a justice in the First District Court of Appeal, Division Two.
Richman, 64, of Oakland, has served as a judge on the Alameda County Superior Court since 1996.
He was previously an attorney practicing civil litigation for the law firm Cooley, Godward from 1967 to 1996. . . .
[H]e fills the vacancy created by the elevation of Judge Ignazio Ruvolo to presiding justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division Four.
Richman is a Republican.
Details here from Bay City News Wire via CBS 5.