Governor Jerry Brown appointed three Santa Clara Law alumnae to Superior Court Judgeships. Heather Mardel Jones JD ’02 was appointed to a judgeship in Fresno County Superior Court. Jones has served as a commissioner at the Fresno County Superior Court since 2014. She served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of California from 2011 to 2014 and was an associate at Dowling, Aaron and Keeler Inc. from 2008 to 2011.
Pamela M. Villanueva JD ’94 has been appointed to a judgeship in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Villanueva has served as a deputy public defender at the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office since 1995 and was a deputy public defender at the Orange County Public Defender’s Office in 1995.
Vedica Puri JD ’94 has been appointed to a judgeship in the San Francisco County Superior Court. Puri has been a partner at Pillsbury & Coleman LLP since 2005, where she was a senior associate from 2002 to 2005. Puri was a trial lawyer at Drinker, Biddle & Reath from 2001 to 2002, at Sedgwick LLP from 2000 to 2001 and at Alborg, Veiluva & Cannata from 1996 to 1999. Read more (requires free digital subscription).
