Judges
Who sits in which San Diego department
Letters are by qwen3.8-27b — it reads the court's own disposition right 70% of the time (how that is measured); pick another model above to compare, on the assumption that the model is right.
10,950 judges · a reversal rate is shown from 10 merits decisions in this corpus
| Name | Grade | Role | Where | Cases | Years | Reversed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis R. Works | Judge | Los Angeles County | 105 | 1914–1927 | 40% of 92 | |
| P. F. Gosbey | Judge | Santa Clara County | 104 | 1909–1934 | 35% of 89 | |
| Hahn | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 104 | 1925–1994 | — | |
| Moskowitz | B+ | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 104 | 1987–2019 | — |
| Daniel A. Ottolia | D+ | Judge | Riverside County | 104 | 2013–2026 | 33% of 95 |
| E. P. Unangst | Judge | Los Angeles County | 104 | 1899–1919 | 27% of 59 | |
| Paul Boland | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 102 | 1999–2007 | — | |
| Douglas L. Edmonds | Judge | Los Angeles County | 102 | 1927–1935 | 41% of 100 | |
| L. W. Fulkerth | Judge | Stanislaus County | 102 | 1904–1934 | 25% of 79 | |
| John W. Lua | Judge | Kern County | 102 | 2013–2026 | 30% of 87 | |
| Mo Sabraw | C-- | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 102 | 1979–2018 | — |
| Richard M. King | Judge | Orange County | 101 | 2007–2026 | 23% of 90 | |
| M. James Lorenz | District judge | Southern District of California County | 101 | 2001–2026 | 25% of 69 | |
| Clifton Mathews | A- | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 101 | 1935–1960 | — |
| Charles S. Vogel | Judge | Los Angeles County | 101 | 1973–2004 | — | |
| Russ Avery | Judge | Los Angeles County | 100 | 1918–1928 | 25% of 97 | |
| Louis W. Myers | Judge | Los Angeles County | 100 | 1915–1927 | 20% of 91 | |
| Gary S. Paer | Judge | Orange County | 100 | 2005–2026 | 26% of 99 | |
| Valerie E. Torres | A- | District judge | casd | 100 | 2023–2026 | — |
| Kenneth C. Twisselman II | Judge | Kern County | 100 | 1990–2026 | 27% of 88 | |
| M. T. Allen | Judge | Los Angeles County | 99 | 1899–1911 | 32% of 38 | |
| W. A. Anderson | Judge | Yolo County | 99 | 1915–1934 | 19% of 89 | |
| Hugh J. Crawford | Judge | Los Angeles County | 99 | 1927–1933 | 33% of 92 | |
| Bertram D. Janes | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 99 | 1963–1979 | — | |
| Gregg L. Prickett | Judge | Orange County | 99 | 2004–2025 | 31% of 96 | |
| S. L. Strother | Judge | Fresno County | 99 | 1921–1934 | 26% of 97 | |
| S. M. Marsh | Judge | City and County of San Francisco | 98 | 1918–1934 | 31% of 95 | |
| Frank J. Menetrez | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 98 | 2020–2026 | — | |
| M. L. Short | Judge | Kings County | 98 | 1901–1928 | 29% of 66 | |
| Benitez | A- | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 97 | 2004–2019 | — |
| Richard H. Chambers | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 97 | 1954–1982 | — | |
| William R. Channell | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 97 | 1985–1990 | — | |
| Peter C. Deddeh | C+ | Judge | San Diego County | 97 | 2003–2026 | 22% of 91 |
| Edwin F. Hahn | Judge | Los Angeles County | 97 | 1922–1936 | 15% of 97 | |
| Stephen A. Marcus | Judge | Los Angeles County | 97 | 2009–2026 | 23% of 97 | |
| William M. Wunderlich | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 97 | 1993–2004 | — | |
| Richard W. Abbe | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 96 | 1978–2000 | — | |
| Charles R. Brehmer | Judge | Kern County | 96 | 2013–2026 | 26% of 85 | |
| A. J. Buckles | Judge | Los Angeles County | 96 | 1899–1917 | 31% of 49 | |
| Robert L. Dossee | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 96 | 1980–1998 | — | |
| Morio L. Fukuto | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 96 | 1987–1998 | — | |
| Carlos S. Hardy | Judge | Los Angeles County | 96 | 1924–1931 | 24% of 92 | |
| Hayes | B | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 96 | 1960–2019 | — |
| L. H. Valentine | Judge | Los Angeles County | 96 | 1919–1928 | 29% of 96 | |
| Gary M. Bubis | B-- | Judge | calsuperct | 95 | 1998–2026 | 25% of 81 |
| Gavin W. Craig | Judge | Los Angeles County | 95 | 1911–1921 | 39% of 56 | |
| Desautels | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 95 | 2024–2026 | — | |
| Nick J. Dibiaso | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 95 | 1989–2005 | — | |
| Frank G. Finlayson | Judge | Los Angeles County | 95 | 1912–1922 | 29% of 72 | |
| William H. Waste | Judge | Alameda County | 95 | 1907–1921 | 31% of 65 |