Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar Nominated To California Supreme Court

Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, a Mexican-born Stanford University law professor, has been nominated by California Gov. Jerry Brown to serve as associate justice of the state’s Supreme Court. Cuéllar has taught administrative, criminal and international law, has been director of Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies since 2013, and has served an adviser to President Barack Obama. Cuéllar is married to U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh of the Northern District of California.