Joshua Groban

Groban was raised in Del Mar, California and graduated from Torrey Pines High School.{{cite news |last1=Bell |first1=Diane |title=Column: Josh Groban joins the Supremes — not the Groban who sings, however |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/columnists/diane-bell/sd-me-bell-20190108-story.html |accessdate=April 21, 2019 |work=San Diego Union Tribune |date=January 7, 2019}} His father is a physician at University of California, San Diego hospital, and his mother, Deborah Isackson Groban, served as a member of Del Mar City Council. Groban attended Stanford University, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1995, and Harvard Law School, obtaining a Juris Doctor degree in 1998.{{cite web |title=Faculty Profiles: Joshua Groban |url=https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/joshua-groban/ |publisher=UCLA Law |accessdate=December 22, 2018}}

Groban began his legal career serving as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge William C. Conner in the Southern District of New York from 1998 to 1999.{{cite web |title=Commission on Judicial Appointments to Consider Appointment of Mr. Joshua Groban to the Supreme Court of California |url=https://newsroom.courts.ca.gov/news/commission-on-judicial-appointments-to-consider-appointment-of-mr-joshua-groban-to-the-supreme-court-of-california |website=California Courts Newsroom |accessdate=December 22, 2018 |language=en}} He was in private practice at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York City from 1999 to 2005, and at Munger, Tolles & Olson in Los Angeles from 2005 to 2010.

Groban served as counsel to Brown's campaign for California governor in the 2010 California gubernatorial election. Upon Brown's election, he served in the administration overseeing state judicial appointments and advising on litigation and policy.{{cite news |last1=Morain |first1=Dan |title=With Supreme Court pick, Brown and Dems eye another kind of majority |url=https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2018/11/18/with-supreme-court-pick-brown-and-dems-eye-another-kind-of-majority/ |accessdate=April 21, 2019 |work=Santa Cruz Sentinel |date=November 18, 2018}} He was Brown's fourth appointment to the seven-member Supreme Court.{{cite news |title=Brown Swears in Fourth Justice to California Supreme Court |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/Brown-Swears-in-Fourth-Justice-to-California-Supreme-Court-503867521.html |accessdate=April 21, 2019 |work=NBC Bay Area |date=January 3, 2019}} Groban teaches State Appellate Practice at the UCLA School of Law.

On November 14, 2018, Groban was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown to serve as an associate justice of the California Supreme Court. to replace Associate Justice Kathryn Werdegar, who retired on August 31, 2017.{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.courts.ca.gov/news/justice-kathryn-mickle-werdegar-announces|title=Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdegar Announces Retirement from State Supreme Court|date=March 8, 2017|website =Judiciary of California}} Groban was confirmed on December 21, 2018, and was sworn into office on January 3, 2019.{{cite news |last1=Egelko |first1=Bob |title=Joshua Groban, governor's senior legal adviser, approved for California Supreme Court |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Gov-Brown-s-senior-legal-adviser-wins-13485312.php |accessdate=April 21, 2019 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=December 21, 2018}} He joined the court when it reconvened on January 8, 2019.{{cite news |title=Brown Adviser Groban Confirmed to California High Court |url=https://www.courthousenews.com/brown-adviser-groban-confirmed-to-california-high-court/ |accessdate=March 26, 2019 |work=The Courthouse News Service |author=Dinzeo, Maria |date=December 21, 2018}}

{{As of|2022|11|11|df=US}}, following the 2022 election, he was retained by California voters to continue to serve as an associate justice with 68.4% of an affirmative vote.{{Cite web |date=November 11, 2022 |title=State Supreme Court - Statewide Results |url=https://electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/supreme-court |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112190120/https://electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/supreme-court |archive-date=November 12, 2022 |access-date=November 29, 2022 |website=electionresults.sos.ca.gov}}

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