RIVERSIDE - Two new judges, including a woman from Lake Elsinore, have been appointed to Riverside County Superior Court, the governor's office announced Monday.

Carol D. Codrington, 48, and Dale R. Wells, 54, have been appointed to new positions created by Senate Bill 56, which allows additional judgeships.

Codrington, a Republican, has served as a commissioner for the Riverside County Superior Court since 2006. She was in private practice from 2004-06.

Before that, she served as an associate general counsel for the Los Angeles Unified School District and a deputy city attorney in Los Angeles. Codrington also as been an adjunct professor of law and director of litigation at the Western Law Center for Disability Rights at Loyola Law School.

She earned a juris doctorate degree from Loyola Law School and a bachelor of arts degree from Loyola Marymount University.

Wells, of Indio, has been a Superior Court commissioner since 2003. He served as a family law facilitator for Riverside County Superior Court from 1998-2003. Before that, Wells was in private practice, handling primarily family law cases.

Wells, a Republican, earned a juris doctorate degree and a bachelor of science degree in law from California Southern Law School.

The compensation for each position is $171,648 annually.