SB judge appointed to Court of Appeal, prosecutor appointed to empty SB seat

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the appointments of San Bernardino Superior Judge Corey Lee to the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Two, and of prosecutor Maggie Yang to the county court on Aug. 7.

Lee has served as a judge since 2015, when she was appointed by then-Governor Jerry Brown. From 2008 to 2015, she worked as a deputy chief assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, according to Newsom's announcement. Immediately prior, she worked in the San Bernardino District Attorney's Office. From 2004 to 2007, Lee worked in the Riverside District Attorney's Office. From 2003 to 2004, Lee clerked in the Department of Justice's Executive Office of Immigration Review. Her nomination is dependent on the approval of the Commission on Judicial Appointments. Lee graduated from Loyola Law School.

Yang, Newsom's appointment to San Bernardino Superior Court, has been a San Bernardino prosecutor since 2007. She graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law.