Juliet O. MacaulayIncumbent

Juliet O. Macaulay was nominated by Gov. Gavin Newsom to the Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, of the California Court of Appeal and confirmed unanimously by the Commission on Judicial Appointments on August 20, 2026. Before her elevation she was an Orange County Superior Court judge from 2022, presiding over a criminal calendar at the West Justice Center from 2022 to January 2024 and then a family law calendar. At the California Department of Social Services she was an Administrative Law Judge from 2012 to 2016, Presiding Administrative Law Judge from 2016 to 2020, and Deputy Director and Chief Administrative Law Judge from February 2020 to July 2022. At the Board of Parole Hearings she was a Deputy Commissioner from 2004 to 2011, when Gov. Jerry Brown appointed her a Commissioner; earlier she was a solo practitioner from 1997 to 2004. She holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Ibadan, served on the Executive Board of the California Judges Association, and received the Thurgood Marshall Bar Association's Judicial Legal Excellence Award.

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