Four from County Appointed as Judges
/Two public defenders and two prosecutors have been chosen by California Gov. Jerry Brown as judges in the San Diego County Superior Court.
The four newly appointed judges all come from the County: Matthew C. Braner, Enrique E. Camarena, Selena D. Epley and Daniel F. Link.
Braner most recently served as supervisor at the San Diego County Primary Public Defender’s Office, Writs and Appeals Unit, where he was also deputy public defender. The judge-to-be also served as a felony trial deputy and misdemeanor and felony trial deputy at the San Diego County Public Defender’s Office.
Camarena has served as deputy district attorney at the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office since 1999. He’s seen here speaking at the peace officers' memorial ceremony about his father, a DEA agent slain while working undercover.
Epley most recently served as assistant supervising attorney for a central felony team at the San Diego County Primary Public Defender’s Office. Before that, she was a law clerk at the San Diego County Public Defender’s Office in 1995, where she served in various positions, including deputy public defender and training director at the South Bay Branch Office.
Link, a deputy district attorney, was a law clerk from 2000-01 at the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office and was former president of the San Diego County Bar Association.