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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. E. Gaddis | Judge | Yolo County | 43 | 1900–1911 | 32% of 19 | |
| Kelly L. Hansen | F-- | Judge | Riverside County | 43 | 2013–2026 | 40% of 40 |
| Alan B. Honeycutt | Judge | Los Angeles County | 43 | 2009–2025 | 13% of 39 | |
| Luis A. Lavin | Judge | Los Angeles County | 43 | 2009–2017 | 22% of 41 | |
| Richard Y. Lee | Judge | Orange County | 43 | 2013–2026 | 28% of 39 | |
| Lorenz | A- | District judge | casd | 43 | 2000–2019 | — |
| Eric M. Nakata | F++ | Judge | San Bernardino County | 43 | 2013–2022 | 32% of 41 |
| C. W. Norton | Judge | San Joaquin County | 43 | 1908–1918 | 26% of 27 | |
| Gilbert G. Ochoa | B++ | Judge | San Bernardino County | 43 | 2010–2026 | 34% of 35 |
| William N. Sterling | Judge | calsuperct | 43 | 2013–2021 | 20% of 40 | |
| Henry M. Willis | Judge | Los Angeles County | 43 | 1928–1956 | 12% of 42 | |
| Brian M. Arax | Judge | Fresno County | 42 | 2013–2026 | 33% of 24 | |
| Jay R. Ballantyne | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 42 | 1980–1988 | — | |
| David C. Brougham | Judge | Los Angeles County | 42 | 2013–2026 | 31% of 35 | |
| Bryan | A- | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 42 | 1855–2009 | — |
| Michael D. Carter | Judge | Los Angeles County | 42 | 2013–2026 | 31% of 42 | |
| W. S. Day | Judge | Santa Barbara County | 42 | 1899–1906 | 15% of 20 | |
| Larry P. Fidler | Judge | Los Angeles County | 42 | 2005–2026 | 19% of 42 | |
| Daniel B. Goldstein | D | Judge | San Diego County | 42 | 2013–2026 | 10% of 40 |
| F. Graham | Judge | City and County of San Francisco | 42 | 1907–1921 | 37% of 19 | |
| Lloyd E. Griffin | Judge | San Diego County | 42 | 1930–1940 | 14% of 42 | |
| W. R. Guy | Judge | San Diego County | 42 | 1909–1920 | 38% of 26 | |
| John L. Hudner | Judge | Santa Barbara County | 42 | 1917–1930 | 18% of 39 | |
| G. W. Hunter | Judge | Humboldt County | 42 | 1899–1911 | 28% of 25 | |
| Aaron H. Katz | D++ | Judge | San Diego County | 42 | 2013–2026 | 12% of 41 |
| Kathleen Kennedy | Judge | Los Angeles County | 42 | 2013–2023 | 24% of 38 | |
| Renee F. Korn | Judge | Los Angeles County | 42 | 2013–2026 | 21% of 38 | |
| Gregory H. Lewis | Judge | Orange County | 42 | 2006–2023 | 40% of 40 | |
| Linda A. McFadden | Judge | Stanislaus County | 42 | 2013–2026 | 15% of 39 | |
| Anthony J. Mohr | Judge | Los Angeles County | 42 | 2004–2026 | 40% of 40 | |
| John B. Owens | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 42 | 2014–2018 | — | |
| Michael J. Popkins | C | Judge | San Diego County | 42 | 2015–2026 | 20% of 40 |
| Clarence A. Raker | Judge | Modoc County | 42 | 1912–1922 | 42% of 31 | |
| G. K. Scovel | Judge | Orange County | 42 | 1930–1941 | 14% of 42 | |
| Shatter | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 42 | 1863–1870 | — | |
| Steven R. Van Sicklen | Judge | Los Angeles County | 42 | 2008–2018 | 15% of 40 | |
| Donna L. Tarter | Judge | calsuperct | 42 | 2013–2023 | 34% of 38 | |
| Walsh | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 42 | 1955–2017 | — | |
| Theodore M. Weathers | A- | Judge | San Diego County | 42 | 2009–2026 | 7% of 41 |
| J. E. Woolley | Judge | Fresno County | 42 | 1922–1927 | 28% of 40 | |
| David M. Chapman | A | Judge | Riverside County | 41 | 2014–2023 | 42% of 38 |
| E. Church | Judge | Fresno County | 41 | 1901–1920 | 41% of 27 | |
| David S. Cohn | C-- | Judge | San Bernardino County | 41 | 2014–2026 | 38% of 37 |
| M. Finch | Judge | Glenn County | 41 | 1906–1921 | 10% of 21 | |
| Timothy M. Frawley | Judge | Sacramento County | 41 | 2005–2021 | 36% of 36 | |
| S. P. Hall | Judge | Alameda County | 41 | 1900–1907 | 20% of 25 | |
| Deirdre Hill | Judge | Los Angeles County | 41 | 2013–2025 | 18% of 39 | |
| M. Marc Kelly | Judge | Orange County | 41 | 2006–2026 | 23% of 39 | |
| Shannon Knight | Judge | Los Angeles County | 41 | 2018–2025 | 14% of 36 | |
| Sanjay T. Kumar | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 41 | 2010–2024 | — |