Three Grads Tapped for State Superior Courts

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed Carlos Vazquez ’88 and Yvette Verastegui ’93 to Los Angeles County Superior Court judgeships, and Cheri Pham ’90 to a judgeship in the Orange County Superior Court. Vazquez has been a deputy district attorney for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office since 1988. Verastegui has served as a deputy alternate public defender for the Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defenders Office since 2001, and previously was a deputy public defender in two counties. Pham has been a deputy district attorney for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office since 1997 and has experience in public and private practice.