The Members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee have been announced. While some of the members have changed, the overall makeup remains seven Democrats and three Republicans.
The Chair is Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles), who graduated from Harvard and Harvard Law School. Vice Chair is Van Tran (R-Costa Mesa), who graduated from UC Irvine and Hamlin University Law School.
Democrat Members:
- Julia Brownley (D-Santa Monica) is not a lawyer. She graduated from George Washington University and has an MBA from American University.
- Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) graduated from California State University, Sacramento and McGeorge School of Law. She practiced civil law prior to entering government service.
- Dave Jones (D-Sacramento) graduated from DePauw University, and from Harvard Law School. The former Chair of the Judiciary Committee, Jones now chairs the Assembly Health Committee. He has also announced that he plans to run for state insurance commissioner in 2010.
- Paul Krekorian (D-Burbank) graduated from University of Southern California and UC Berkeley School of Law.
- Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) graduated from Stanford University and Georgetown Law School.
- Bill Monning (D-Monterey) graduated from UC Berkeley and University of San Francisco School of Law.
Republican Members:
- Steve Knight (R-Palmdale) is not a lawyer. He graduated from Palmdale High School.
- Jim Nielsen (R-Redding) is not a lawyer. He graduated from California State University, Fresno. In 1978, Nielsen was elected to his first of three terms in the State Senate, where he served as Senate Republican Leader from 1983-1987.