Groban was raised in
Del Mar, California in a
Jewish family and graduated from
Torrey Pines High School. 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. He is related by marriage to the singer also named
Josh Groban. 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. He was Brown's fourth appointment to the seven-member Supreme Court. Groban teaches State
Appellate Practice at the
UCLA School of Law. Groban was confirmed on December 21, 2018, and was sworn into office on January 3, 2019. He joined the court when it reconvened on January 8, 2019. , 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. == See also ==