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Elaine W. Mandel

Judge · Superior Court of Los Angeles County · 2021–2026

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

civil 30

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

  1. SM 10000 Property v. Chakchay CA2/5 B350752 · 2026-09-09 · civil · affirmed
  2. United Brands Worldwide v. D&K Worldwide CA2/1 B340640 · 2026-08-28 · civil · affirmed
  3. Kanji v. Gryga CA2/3 B344439 · 2026-02-17 · civil · affirmed
  4. Chelico v. TJB Gearys CA2/7 B331570M · 2026-01-14 · civil · affirmed
  5. Dhawan v. Saman CA2/5 B344291 · 2025-10-09 · civil · affirmed
  6. Yazdi v. Robles CA2/2 B338386 · 2025-07-31 · civil · affirmed
  7. Guadalupe-Real Propery etc. v. Pegasus Investments etc. CA2/8 B326984 · 2025-05-12 · civil · affirmed
  8. Rafalian v. Elyaszadeh CA2/4 B331911 · 2025-02-21 · civil · affirmed
  9. Default Recoveries v. Shen CA2/5 B316051 · 2023-10-09 · civil · affirmed
  10. Harouche v. The Wilshire Corp. CA2/5 B313745 · 2022-12-02 · civil · affirmed
  11. Steagall v. The Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation CA2/3 B308076 · 2022-07-22 · civil · affirmed
  12. SwiftAir v. Row 44 CA2/7 B306166 · 2022-05-12 · civil · affirmed
  13. Izzy's Deli v. LMA & SAI 1433 Wilshire CA2/5 B306162 · 2022-05-11 · civil · affirmed
  14. Izzy's Deli v. LMA & SAI 1433 Wilshire CA2/5 B309844 · 2022-05-11 · civil · affirmed
  15. Izzy's Deli v. LMA & SAI 1433 Wilshire CA2/5 B309861 · 2022-05-11 · civil · affirmed
  16. Kleidman v. RFF Family Partnership CA2/4 B302449 · 2022-04-14 · civil · affirmed
  17. SwiftAir v. Southwest Airlines B303314 · 2022-04-05 · civil · affirmed
  18. The Law Offices of Paul N. Philips v. Rudich CA2/3 B305942 · 2022-03-17 · civil · affirmed
  19. SwiftAir v. Southwest Airlines CA2/7 B303314 · 2022-03-11 · civil · affirmed
  20. Singman v. IMDB.com, Inc. B307783 · 2021-12-20 · civil · affirmed