Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed two prosecutors and one public defender to San Bernardino and Riverside superior courts.
Riverside Deputy Public Defender Magdalena Cohen, of Riverside, will serve as a judge at Riverside County Superior Court.
She earned her law degree from Southwestern Law School, and has worked at the Riverside County Office of the Public Defender since 2007. She fills the vacancy from Sunshine Sykes’ elevation to the federal bench.
Riverside Senior Deputy District Attorney Gary Polk, of Cerritos, will also join Riverside County Superior Court.
He joined the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office in 2008, and was appointed to Senior DDA in 2016.
