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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

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Analysis

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

Cases

  1. Reyes-Gonzalez v. C & C North America CA2/7 B340766 · 2025-12-15 · civil · reversed
  2. Cereceres v. AHMC Garfield Medical Center CA2/5 B336812 · 2025-01-13 · civil · reversed
  3. Xiong v. Chen CA2/4 B332644 · 2024-08-28 · civil · reversed
  4. Long Beach Memorial Medical Center v. Allstate Ins. Co. B321876 · 2023-09-19 · civil · reversed
  5. P. ex rel. Allstate Ins. Co. v. Discovery Radiology etc. B315264 · 2023-08-15 · civil · reversed
  6. Butter Nails and Waxing v. Underwriters at Lloyd's London CA2/5 B311455 · 2022-08-25 · civil · reversed
  7. Planet Clair v. American Honda Motor Co. CA2/7 B308151 · 2022-03-15 · civil · reversed
  8. Lerner v. Masterson CA2/5 B297323 · 2021-07-27 · civil · reversed
  9. West American Ins. Co. v. Valles CA2/1 B296771 · 2020-11-20 · civil · reversed
  10. Chacon v. Union Pacific Railroad B299031 · 2020-10-26 · civil · reversed
  11. Brown v. Goldstein B278949 · 2019-04-16 · civil · reversed
  12. Diaz v. Sohnen Enterprises B283077 · 2019-04-10 · civil · reversed
  13. Schulz v. Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc. B277493 · 2018-10-02 · civil · reversed
  14. Osborne v. Yasmeh B262043A · 2016-07-29 · civil · reversed
  15. Osborne v. Yasmeh B262043; B265530 · 2016-07-28 · civil · reversed
  16. Colonial Pacific Leasing Corp. v. Kazi CA2/8 B257599 · 2015-11-05 · civil · reversed
  17. Lesh v. Llewellyn Properties CA2/1 B250364 · 2015-07-16 · civil · reversed
  18. Ralphs Grocery v. Midtown Shopping Center CA2/2 B252292 · 2015-06-17 · civil · reversed
  19. Florez v. Yim CA2/3 B255766 · 2015-04-02 · civil · reversed
  20. Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs v. County of Los Angeles B254982 · 2015-02-17 · civil · reversed
  21. Hendershot v. Ready to Roll Transportation, Inc. B247730 · 2014-08-14 · civil · reversed
  22. Almodovar v. Downey High School CA2/2 B249458 · 2014-07-15 · civil · reversed
  23. Simmons v. Avant Garde Senior Living CA2/5 B246967 · 2013-10-17 · civil · reversed