LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Superior Court will formally welcome its newest member of the bench in a ceremony next month.

The swearing-in ceremony of Judge J. David Markham will take place beginning at 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, in his Department 3 courtroom at the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St. in Lakeport.

Markham, 48, was appointed as Lake County’s newest judge by Gov. Jerry Brown in December, as Lake County News has reported.

He was appointed to succeed Judge Richard Martin, who retired in May.

Markham is a former deputy district attorney who has maintained a private practice for many years.

Last year he and fellow attorney Andrea Sullivan formed Lake Indigent Defense LLP and won the contract to administer the Lake County indigent defense contract.

The public is invited to attend Markham’s Feb. 9 swearing-in.

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