Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the appointment of Judge Sandy R. Kliegler to Division 5, Judge Frances Rothschild to Division 1 and Judge Thomas L. Willhite to Division 4 of the 2nd District Court of Appeals.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the appointment of Judge Sandy R. Kliegler to Division 5, Judge Frances Rothschild to Division 1 and Judge Thomas L. Willhite to Division 4 of the 2nd District Court of Appeals. Kriegler was formerly supervising judge of the Northwest Judicial District of the court. Rothschild has served as a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge, most recently in the Direct Civil Trial Department. Willhite served as a Los Angeles Superior Court judge, most recently presiding over a civil "fast track" court. Schwarzenegger also named Eleanor J. Hunter, Michael I. Levanas, Scott T. Millington and Dorothy B. Reyes to judgeships in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Hunter previously was deputy district attorney for Los Angeles County, focusing on criminal prosecution. Levanas was commissioner of the Los Angeles Superior Court. Millington was deputy district attorney for Los Angeles County, working in criminal litigation. Reyes owned and operated a law firm handling insurance defense litigation.