Judges
Who sits in which San Diego department
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10,950 judges · a reversal rate is shown from 10 merits decisions in this corpus
| Name | Grade | Role | Where | Cases | Years | Reversed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Arnold | Judge | Lassen County | 3 | 1969–1975 | — | |
| Brian R. Aronson | Judge | Sutter County | 3 | 2015–2022 | — | |
| Rafael Arreola | B+ | Retired judge | Riverside County | 3 | 2016–2026 | — |
| Irma Asberry | A++ | Judge | Riverside County | 3 | 2016–2024 | — |
| Stephen H. Ashworth | Judge | San Bernardino County | 3 | 1994–1995 | — | |
| Brian Austin | Judge | Madera County | 3 | 2024–2024 | — | |
| Eugene M. Azevedo | Judge | Stanislaus County | 3 | 1987–1992 | — | |
| Eugene M. Azevedo | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 3 | 1986–1986 | — | |
| Babnabd | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 3 | 1939–1945 | — | |
| Neetu S. Badhan-Smith | Judge | Los Angeles County | 3 | 2024–2026 | — | |
| Mason A. Bailey | Judge | Madera County | 3 | 1962–1965 | — | |
| Frank S. Balthis | Judge | Los Angeles County | 3 | 1962–1963 | — | |
| Hernaldo J. Baltodano | Judge | San Luis Obispo County | 3 | 2023–2023 | — | |
| Richard A. Bancroft | Judge | Alameda County | 3 | 1978–1996 | — | |
| John H. Barnard | Judge | Riverside County | 3 | 1983–1985 | — | |
| Craig Barnes | Judge | calsuperct | 3 | 2020–2024 | — | |
| Victor T. Barrera | Judge | Los Angeles County | 3 | 1986–1996 | — | |
| Mario Barrera | Judge | Los Angeles County | 3 | 2022–2025 | — | |
| Grant V. Barrett | Judge | Calaveras County | 3 | 2016–2017 | — | |
| Bastian | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 3 | 1964–2017 | — | |
| Cara Beatty | Judge | Shasta County | 3 | 2014–2019 | — | |
| Cara L. Beatty | Judge | Shasta County | 3 | 2017–2023 | — | |
| Dean A. Beaupre | Judge | calsuperct | 3 | 2003–2009 | — | |
| Mitchell L. Beckloff | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 3 | 2015–2016 | — | |
| J. Michael Beecher | Retired judge | Orange County | 3 | 2014–2016 | — | |
| Beedsoe | A- | District judge | casd | 3 | 1920–1922 | — |
| Loretta Murphy Begen | Judge | Stanislaus County | 3 | 2013–2021 | — | |
| Belches | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 3 | 1888–1894 | — | |
| Charles E. Bell Jr. | B- | Judge | San Diego County | 3 | 2025–2026 | — |
| Michele Bell | Temporary judge | Orange County | 3 | 2023–2026 | — | |
| Denise de Bellefeuille | Judge | Santa Barbara County | 3 | 2007–2019 | — | |
| Below | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 3 | 1860–1873 | — | |
| Teresa S. Bennett | Judge | Riverside County | 3 | 2020–2022 | — | |
| Francis B. Bennett | Judge | Los Angeles County | 3 | 2022–2023 | — | |
| Jerome T. Benson | Judge | City and County of San Francisco | 3 | 1992–2009 | — | |
| Margaret Bernal | Judge | Los Angeles County | 3 | 2015–2016 | — | |
| Jesus G. Bernal | District judge | Central District of California County | 3 | 2020–2024 | — | |
| Florence Bernstein | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 3 | 1984–1985 | — | |
| William L. Bettinelli | Judge | Sonoma County | 3 | 1986–1996 | — | |
| Victor E. Bianchini | F- | Judge | San Diego County | 3 | 1990–1997 | — |
| A. B. Bigler | Judge | Santa Barbara County | 3 | 1933–1938 | — | |
| George F. Bird | Judge | Los Angeles County | 3 | 2021–2026 | — | |
| William J. Birney, Jr. | Judge | Los Angeles County | 3 | 1994–2009 | — | |
| Lloyd E. Blanpied, Jr. | Judge | Orange County | 3 | 1978–1985 | — | |
| Aviva K. Bobb | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 3 | 1982–1982 | — | |
| J. Michael Bollman | F-- | Judge | San Diego County | 3 | 1996–1998 | — |
| Cecily Bond | Judge | Sacramento County | 3 | 1985–1988 | — | |
| Harry J. Borde | Judge | Los Angeles County | 3 | 1951–1951 | — | |
| Terrence R. Boren | Judge | Marin County | 3 | 1996–2009 | — | |
| Mark Borenstein | Judge | Los Angeles County | 3 | 2014–2019 | — |