The Fresno County Superior Court has a new judge.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Melissa Baloian to the bench.
Driving the news: Baloian most recently worked as a Solo Practitioner and was previously a Supervising Attorney at The Matian Firm from 2022 to 2023.
- Before that, she was a Solo Practitioner at the Law Office of Melissa Baloian from 2011 to 2022.
- She also has experience as a prosecutor, having served as a Deputy District Attorney at the Madera County District Attorney’s Office in 2011 and as a Deputy District Attorney at the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office from 2007 to 2010.
- Baloian also served as a Deputy City Attorney at the Fresno City Attorney’s Office from 2006 to 2007 and as a Deputy Public Defender at the Fresno County Public Defender’s Office from 2004 to 2006.
- Baloian attended the University of San Francisco and fills the vacancy created when Judge Adolfo Corona retired.
- She is registered as no party preference.
