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BASF Leader Circle firm member Michael B. McNaughton, Hanson Bridgett, has been appointed to a judgeship in the San Francisco County Superior Court. McNaughton has been a partner at Hanson Bridgett since 2002, where he was an associate from 1993 to 2002. He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Donald S. Mitchell.