Kimberly Knill (JD '88) Appointed to OC Superior Court
Knill was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown to the Orange County Superior Court Judgeship
Pepperdine Law alumna Kimberly (Kate) Knill (JD ’88) has been appointed by Governor Jerry Brown to the Orange County Superior Court. Knill fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Mary F. Schulte.
Via the Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown:
Kimberly A. Knill, 54, of Aliso Viejo, has been appointed to a judgeship in the Orange County Superior Court. Knill has served as a senior appellate attorney at the Fourth District Court of Appeal since 2016. She was a research attorney at the Orange County Superior Court from 2014 to 2016, a writing instructor at Whittier Law School from 1997 to 1998 and a sole practitioner from 1994 to 2014. Knill was an associate at McDermott, Will and Emery from 1988 to 1994. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Pepperdine University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Arizona.