Eran M. BermudezIncumbent

Candidate for Court of Appeal Justice, California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division 1, Seat 3

Eran Marie Bermudez is from Imperial County. She is the newest member of Division One of the Fourth District Court of Appeal. That court sits in San Diego. She earned a B.A. from UC Irvine in 2002. She earned a J.D. from the UC Berkeley School of Law in 2005. She was an associate at Best Best and Krieger from 2005 to 2011. She was a partner at Garcia Hernandez Sawhney from 2011 to 2016. She then served as a complaint resolution officer. That job was in the Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination at UC San Diego. Governor Jerry Brown appointed her to the Imperial County Superior Court in 2018. She served there until 2026. She held the role of presiding judge. Governor Gavin Newsom nominated her to the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division One, on April 16, 2026. The Commission on Judicial Appointments confirmed her. She took the oath of office on May 22, 2026. She joined the appellate court after the last governor's race. So she is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for her first nonpartisan yes-or-no retention vote. A majority yes vote lets her keep serving on the court.

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