Deputy Public Defender Takes the Bench

Governor Gavin Newsom announced his appointment of 19 Superior Court Judges on Friday, including one here in San Diego.

Euketa L. Oliver, 46, of Chula Vista, was appointed to serve as a judge in the San Diego County Superior Court. Oliver has served as a deputy public defender at the San Diego County Office of the Primary Public Defender since 2005. She was a staff attorney at Legal Services Northern California in 2005.

Oliver earned a Juris Doctor degree from Whittier Law School and a Master of Arts degree in counseling psychology from John F. Kennedy University.

She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Kenneth M. Kirkman.