Two Class of 2005 USD School of Law Alumni Appointed San Diego County Superior Court Judges by Governor Newsom

SAN DIEGO (May 23, 2023) – Two University of San Diego (USD) School of Law alumni, Marsha Bipin Amin ‘05 (JD), and Alejandro Morales ‘05 (JD), have been recently appointed new San Diego County Superior Court Judges by California Governor Gavin Newsom. 

Since 2018, Marsha Bipin Amin has served as a Managing Attorney at the Fourth District Court of Appeal and was a Senior Appellate Court Attorney there from 2011 to 2018 as well. Before that, Amin was an Associate at Procopio, and served as a Law Clerk at the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California from 2005 to 2006. Amin earned a Juris Doctor degree from USD School of Law and a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Southern California. She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Laura Halgren.

Alejandro Morales served as a Deputy Alternate Public Defender at the Office of the San Diego County Alternate Public Defender. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from USD School of Law. Morales fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge James Simmons.

Amin and Morales are two of 27 Superior Court Judges along with three Court Appeal Justices to be appointed by Governor Newsom this month.

Read the Governor's official News Release.

About the University of San Diego School of Law

Each year, USD educates approximately 800 Juris Doctor and graduate law students from throughout the United States and around the world. The law school is best known for its offerings in the areas of business and corporate law, constitutional law, intellectual property, international and comparative law, public interest law and taxation.

USD School of Law is one of the 84 law schools elected to the Order of the Coif, a national honor society for law school graduates. The law school’s faculty is a strong group of outstanding scholars and teachers with national and international reputations and currently ranks 30th nationally among U.S. law faculties in scholarly impact and 28th nationally in past-year faculty downloads on the Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN). The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Founded in 1954, the law school is part of the University of San Diego, a private, independent, Roman Catholic university chartered in 1949.