Nicole Quintana Winter, formerly of the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office, will join the court as a judge following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Aug. 18 appointment.
Quintana Winter joined the bar in 2000, and has worked in both state and private practice since.
She joined the District Attorney’s Office in 2001, and worked there until 2013, according to the public records site Transparent California.
She started Gaspard Castillo Winter Harper APC, now known as Castillo Harper APC, in 2013.
Co-founder Kasey Castillo said she was happy to hear of Quintana Winter’s appointment.
“She is very fair, thorough and knowledgeable.