Philip L. Soto
Judge · 2013–2026
Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 2000–
114cases reviewed on appeal
29%reversed, in whole or part, of 104 merits decisions
Outcomes on appeal
affirmed 72 reversed 19 reversed in part 11 writ denied 4 dismissed 4 writ granted 2 modified 2
Areas
dependency 105 family 6 other 2 criminal 1
By year: 2015 23 · 2022 12 · 2016 12 · 2014 11 · 2023 10 · 2013 10 · 2024 9 · 2020 9 · 2025 7 · 2021 5 · 2026 3 · 2017 3 ·
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
- In re D.B. CA2/4 B341148 · 2026-07-21 · dependency · affirmed
- In re A.L. CA2/8 B345506 · 2026-02-13 · dependency · affirmed
- In re Mateo S. CA2/8 B342048 · 2026-01-30 · dependency · affirmed
- In re A.M. CA2/4 B338724 · 2025-08-26 · dependency · dismissed
- In re Allen B. CA2/2 B338857M · 2025-08-20 · dependency · affirmed
- In re N.O. CA2/4 B340207 · 2025-08-04 · dependency · affirmed
- In re Allen B. CA2/2 B338857 · 2025-07-30 · dependency · affirmed
- In re Aaron M. CA2/3 B340859 · 2025-07-23 · dependency · affirmed
- In re M.M. CA2/5 B340613 · 2025-04-18 · dependency · affirmed
- In re A.G. CA2/4 B331398A · 2025-01-14 · dependency · reversed
- In re D.W. CA2/7 B332889 · 2024-12-18 · dependency · affirmed
- In re K.A. CA2/2 B326025 · 2024-09-03 · dependency · affirmed
- In re S.A. CA2/7 B321528 · 2024-08-16 · dependency · modified
- In re William R. CA2/4 B321977 · 2024-07-16 · dependency · affirmed
- In re M.G. CA2/8 B332200 · 2024-07-11 · dependency · affirmed
- In re Juan H. CA2/1 B331262 · 2024-06-26 · dependency · reversed
- In re A.R. CA2/2 B331352 · 2024-05-16 · dependency · affirmed
- In re E.P. CA2/2 B330861 · 2024-02-23 · dependency · affirmed
- L.C. v. Super Ct. B331041 · 2024-01-16 · dependency · writ granted
- In re C.P. CA2/5 B325963 · 2023-08-18 · dependency · affirmed
- In re M.R. CA2/5 B325275 · 2023-07-28 · dependency · affirmed
- In re S.M. CA2/1 B319168 · 2023-07-11 · dependency · reversed in part
- In re D.B. CA2/1 B318484 · 2023-06-27 · dependency · affirmed
- In re K.A. CA2/2 B316357 · 2023-05-16 · dependency · affirmed
- In re Aurora S. CA2/8 B314602 · 2023-05-03 · dependency · dismissed