San Diego’s newest Superior Court judge was sworn in Monday.
Sharon Kalemkiarian, 58, was a partner at Ashworth, Blanchet, Christenson and Kalemkiarian for the past 14 years before being appointed to the bench by Gov. Jerry Brown.
Kalemkiarian was an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego School of Law from 2010 to 2014, director of San Diego Project Heartbeat from 1996 to 2000, supervising attorney at the University of San Diego School of Law Child Advocacy Clinic from 1993 to 1996 and a Skadden fellow at the Legal Aid Society of San Diego from 1991 to 1993.
She served as a law clerk to the U.S. District Court Judge Gordon Thompson from 1989 to 1991.
Her law degree came from USD’s School of Law, and her bachelor’s from Princeton University.
Kalemkiarian, a Democrat, fills the vacancy created by the conversion of a court commissioner position in February.
Her annual salary will be $184,610.
— City News Service
