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William F. Fahey

Judge · Superior Court of Los Angeles County · 2003–2026

A++
provisional — 100% — 2 of 2 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 1% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 2 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.

107cases reviewed on appeal
31%reversed, in whole or part, of 100 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 68 reversed 23 reversed in part 8 writ granted 3 dismissed 2 other 1 modified 1

Areas

civil 105 probate 1 criminal 1

By year: 2015 13 · 2014 11 · 2016 10 · 2025 9 · 2013 9 · 2022 8 · 2026 7 · 2023 7 · 2020 7 · 2024 6 · 2021 6 · 2018 4 · 2009 4 · 2019 2 · 2017 1 · 2006 1 · 2005 1 · 2003 1 ·

Analysis

2 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases

  1. Dima v. Grasshopper House CA2/3 B335815 · 2026-09-28 · civil · affirmed
  2. Soltanabadi v. Aminpour CA2/1 B337756M · 2026-09-18 · civil · affirmed
  3. Soltanabadi v. Aminpour CA2/1 B337756 · 2026-08-25 · civil · affirmed
  4. Max v. Shih CA2/1 B344402 · 2026-06-29 · civil · affirmed
  5. Vasquez v. Janelle Investment CA2/3 B341597 · 2026-03-19 · civil · affirmed
  6. Reyes-Gonzalez v. Color Marble CA2/7 B343807 · 2026-02-17 · civil · affirmed
  7. Frankland v. Etehad B338370 · 2025-08-08 · civil · affirmed
  8. L.A. College Faculty Guild, etc. v. L.A. Community College Dist. CA2/8 B339084 · 2025-05-02 · civil · affirmed
  9. Mondragon v. Let's Do Lunch CA2/5 B321440 · 2025-04-11 · civil · affirmed
  10. L.A. College Faculty Guild etc. v. L.A. Community College Dist. CA2/8 B339084 · 2025-04-10 · civil · affirmed
  11. Manos v. J Paul Getty Trust CA2/5 B322283 · 2025-02-21 · civil · affirmed
  12. Harris v. Proskauer Rose LLP CA2/5 B325846 · 2025-01-28 · civil · affirmed
  13. Bogota Corporation v. Seiden CA2/1 B332296 · 2024-11-22 · civil · affirmed
  14. KPMC v. Chaudhari CA2/3 B326029 · 2024-11-06 · civil · affirmed
  15. Welty v. Offspring CA2/2 B328648 · 2024-10-09 · civil · affirmed
  16. Green v. Green CA2/2 B321805 · 2024-03-13 · civil · affirmed
  17. Aguila v. Nong CA2/1 B327285 · 2024-02-27 · civil · affirmed
  18. Redondo v. County of Los Angeles CA2/2 B323026 · 2023-12-29 · civil · affirmed
  19. Gonzalez v. County of Los Angeles CA2/2 B317794 · 2023-07-28 · civil · affirmed
  20. East Coast Foods v. KG Law CA2/4 B313056 · 2023-07-27 · civil · affirmed
  21. Ballou v. Verizon Wireless Services CA2/2 B324537 · 2023-04-07 · civil · affirmed
  22. State of Cal. v. Encino Hospital Medical Center B302426 · 2023-01-20 · civil · affirmed
  23. Ressler v. Piontak CA2/8 B312694 · 2022-05-31 · civil · affirmed
  24. Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Structured Asset Sales B304809 · 2022-02-24 · civil · affirmed
  25. City of Los Angeles v. Patel CA2/1 B306094 · 2022-02-22 · civil · affirmed