SACRAMENTO – Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. on Wednesday announced the appointment of Jodi Remke as chairperson of the California Fair Political Practices Commission.

Remke, 48, of Oakland, has been presiding judge at the State Bar Court of California since 2006, where she was hearing judge from 2000 to 2006.

She was an attorney with the California State Senate Judiciary Committee from 1997 to 2000, at the Montana Legal Services Association from 1994 to 1996 and at Miller Starr and Regalia from 1991 to 1994. Remke is board president of the National Council of Lawyer Disciplinary Boards.

She earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law.

This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $136,144.

Remke is a Democrat.