Elaine W. Mandel
Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 2009–
F-
provisional — 33% — 1 of 3 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 96% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 3 so far
On the assumption that the model is right — qwen3.8-27b reads the court's own disposition right 70% of the time, graded on a curve: A is the top fifth of the judges graded under this model, F the bottom fifth; ++ / + / − / −− within the band. How the grade is made.
30cases reviewed on appeal
31%reversed, in whole or part, of 29 merits decisions
Outcomes on appeal
affirmed 20 reversed in part 7 reversed 2 writ denied 1
Areas
By year: 2022 11 · 2025 6 · 2021 5 · 2026 4 · 2023 3 · 2024 1 ·
Analysis
2 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.
Cases
- SM 10000 Property v. Chakchay CA2/5
- United Brands Worldwide v. D&K Worldwide CA2/1
- Kanji v. Gryga CA2/3
- Chelico v. TJB Gearys CA2/7
- Dhawan v. Saman CA2/5
- Yazdi v. Robles CA2/2
- Guadalupe-Real Propery etc. v. Pegasus Investments etc. CA2/8
- Zeta Global Corp. v. Socialcom CA2/7
- Rafalian v. Elyaszadeh CA2/4
- Weber v. Taylor CA2/8
- Albinali v. Calvert CA2/4
- Default Recoveries v. Shen CA2/5
- Kleidman v. California Court of Appeal Second Appellate District CA4/1
- Youshei v. Youshaei CA2/1
- Harouche v. The Wilshire Corp. CA2/5
- The One Experience v. Loomstein CA2/3
- Steagall v. The Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation CA2/3
- SwiftAir v. Row 44 CA2/7
- Izzy's Deli v. LMA & SAI 1433 Wilshire CA2/5
- Izzy's Deli v. LMA & SAI 1433 Wilshire CA2/5
- Izzy's Deli v. LMA & SAI 1433 Wilshire CA2/5
- Kleidman v. RFF Family Partnership CA2/4
- SwiftAir v. Southwest Airlines
- The Law Offices of Paul N. Philips v. Rudich CA2/3
- SwiftAir v. Southwest Airlines CA2/7