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Gov. Jerry Brown Monday announced the appointment of three new superior court judges in Contra Costa and Alameda counties, including San Ramon resident Wade Rhyne to the Contra Costa court.
Rhyne, 41, has served as a trial attorney at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission since last year and previously worked as an assistant U.S. attorney starting in 2007. He will replace retired Judge Trevor White.
Benjamin Reyes was also appointed to Contra Costa County Superior Court and Somnath Raj Chatterjee was appointed to Alameda County Superior Court.
Reyes, 51, is an Alameda resident who has been city attorney for Union City since 2010 and for Pinole since 2004, and has been a principal at the law firm Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson PLC since 2005. He will replace retired Judge Thomas Maddock.
In Alameda County, Chatterjee, 47, of Oakland, will replace retired Judge Steven Brick.
Chatterjee has been a partner at Antolin Agarwal and Chatterjee LLP since earlier this year, was a partner at Morrison and Foerster LLP starting in 2006, and previously served as a Contra Costa County deputy public defender from 1999 to 2000.
— Dan McMenamin, Bay City News
