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David J. Hesseltine

Judge · Superior Court of Orange County · 2023–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Orange 2018–

16cases reviewed on appeal
62%reversed, in whole or part, of 13 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 5 reversed 4 dismissed 3 vacated 2 reversed in part 2

Areas

civil 14 probate 1 family 1

By year: 2026 7 · 2025 5 · 2024 3 · 2023 1 ·

Analysis

No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.

Cases

  1. City of Westminster v. Webb CA4/3 G065721 · 2026-09-03 · civil · dismissed
  2. Bian v. Li CA4/3 G065737 · 2026-07-30 · civil · dismissed
  3. Kamal v. Burns CA4/3 G065059 · 2026-04-28 · civil · reversed in part
  4. NNN Capital Fund I, LLC v. Mikles G064487 · 2026-04-16 · civil · vacated
  5. Smith v. Shulman Bastian Friedman & Bui CA4/3 G063716 · 2026-04-14 · probate · affirmed
  6. NNN Capital Fund I v. Mikles CA4/3 G064487 · 2026-03-20 · civil · vacated
  7. FHDI v. Grantham CA4/3 G064623 · 2026-02-11 · civil · reversed in part
  8. Merchant Advance Pay v. Choi CA4/3 G063992 · 2025-10-22 · civil · affirmed
  9. Baptiste v. Baetz CA4/3 G063897 · 2025-07-18 · civil · affirmed
  10. Smaili & Associates v. Rawag CA4/3 G063767 · 2025-04-28 · civil · dismissed
  11. D.G. v. Orange County Social Services Agency G063411 · 2025-01-31 · civil · reversed
  12. D.G. v. Orange County Social Services Agency CA4/3 G063411 · 2025-01-14 · civil · reversed
  13. Rahavi v. Chu CA4/3 G063393 · 2024-12-16 · civil · affirmed
  14. R.S. v. Orange County Social Services Agency CA4/3 G063041 · 2024-09-20 · civil · reversed
  15. Kourtakis v. Capistrano Beach Care Center CA4/3 G062935 · 2024-09-16 · civil · reversed
  16. Marriage of Wilson CA4/3 G061770 · 2023-11-15 · family · affirmed