William A. Newsom, Jr.

William Alfred Newsom Jr. was a retired associate justice of the Court of Appeal in California. He was appointed by Governor Brown Jr. in 1978 and confirmed by the electorate in 1979. He was also a judge of the Superior Court in Placer County from 1975 to 1978, and worked as an assistant commissioner in the Superior Court of San Francisco from 1962 to 1963. He had a J.D. from Stanford Law School, an M.A. in English Literature from Stanford, and a B.A. in French Literature from the University of San Francisco. He enjoyed backpacking, fishing, bird watching, and book and wine collecting.