Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Riverside prosecutor Sophia Choi to serve as a Riverside judge, his office announced March 12.
Choi joined the bar in 2006 after graduating from Southwestern Law School, and worked at the Riverside County Counsel’s Office from 2007 to 2020, where she focused on code enforcement. She joined the Riverside District Attorney’s Office in 2020, and was promoted to senior deputy district attorney in 2023.
A profile of her posted on the District Attorney’s website said she was born in San Francisco, and moved to Riverside County when she was 5 years old.
She graduated from Notre Dame High School, and earned
