Amy Friedman
Amy Friedman joined the State Personnel Board as an Administrative Law Judge in February 2015. Amy served as SPB’s Presiding Administrative Law Judge from December 2024 until August 2026, when she was appointed as the Chief Administrative Law Judge for the Appeals Division. Before joining the State Personnel Board, Ms. Friedman was a Deputy Attorney General with the Correctional Writs and Appeals section of the Attorney General’s Office. In that capacity, Ms. Friedman litigated habeas corpus petitions, civil rights actions, petitions for writ of mandate, and various law and motion matters in state and federal trial court. Ms. Friedman also litigated appeals in the California Supreme Court, California Court of Appeals, and the Ninth Circuit. Ms. Friedman earned her J.D. from the University of California, Davis, School of Law (King Hall), after earning Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and Studio Art.