Unlike the U.S. Supreme Court, California’s highest court is more obscure and rarely issues polarizing opinions.
Senior advisor to Gov. Jerry Brown | 2011–2018Attorney, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | 1999–2005Martin J. Jenkins
Martin J. Jenkins was appointed to the Supreme Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2020. Jenkins is California’s first openly gay high court justice. Jenkins began his legal career as a local prosecutor and went on to work as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice and as a corporate attorney. He has been put on the bench by both Democrats and Republicans: President Bill Clinton made him a federal district judge, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed him to a state appeals court.
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