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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Sontag | B+ | Judge | San Diego County | 33 | 2013–2022 | 7% of 29 |
| J. W. Taggart | Judge | Ventura County | 33 | 1904–1909 | 33% of 15 | |
| Richard F. Toohey | Judge | Orange County | 33 | 1997–2022 | 4% of 25 | |
| Michael Villalobos | Judge | Los Angeles County | 33 | 2013–2026 | 12% of 33 | |
| Sharon J. Waters | A-- | Judge | Riverside County | 33 | 2002–2024 | 29% of 28 |
| H. V. Alvarado | Judge | Contra Costa County | 32 | 1925–1932 | 32% of 31 | |
| John L. Campbell | Judge | Santa Barbara County | 32 | 1899–1904 | 27% of 11 | |
| Court Commissioner | Judge | Los Angeles County | 32 | 1961–1970 | 41% of 29 | |
| F. Paul Dickerson III | C+ | Judge | Riverside County | 32 | 2013–2026 | 23% of 31 |
| Mark H. Epstein | Judge | Los Angeles County | 32 | 2018–2026 | 26% of 31 | |
| Eugenia Eyherabide | A- | Judge | San Diego County | 32 | 2013–2026 | 10% of 31 |
| Donna G. Garza | C | Judge | San Bernardino County | 32 | 2013–2026 | 27% of 30 |
| Timothy J. Hollenhorst | B++ | Judge | Riverside County | 32 | 2020–2026 | 19% of 31 |
| Houston | A- | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 32 | 2002–2018 | — |
| Anthony J.uBattaglia | A- | District judge | casd | 32 | 2019–2026 | — |
| Robert A. Knox | Judge | Orange County | 32 | 1986–2026 | 19% of 32 | |
| Leary | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 32 | 2001–2016 | — | |
| Elizabeth G. Macias | Judge | Orange County | 32 | 2016–2026 | 42% of 31 | |
| Mark Mandio | B+ | Judge | Riverside County | 32 | 2013–2024 | 23% of 31 |
| Rosemary T. McGuire | Judge | Fresno County | 32 | 2015–2026 | 42% of 31 | |
| Hilleri G. Merritt | Judge | Los Angeles County | 32 | 2014–2026 | 17% of 29 | |
| Jan A. Pluim | Judge | calsuperct | 32 | 1993–2016 | 28% of 29 | |
| Annette Rees | Judge | Stanislaus County | 32 | 2021–2026 | 48% of 27 | |
| Craig Riemer | A++ | Judge | Riverside County | 32 | 2013–2025 | 21% of 29 |
| Glenda Sanders | Judge | Orange County | 32 | 2013–2023 | 48% of 31 | |
| Wilfred J. Schneider, Jr. | B+ | Judge | San Bernardino County | 32 | 2013–2026 | 24% of 29 |
| Gabriela H. Shapiro | Judge | Los Angeles County | 32 | 2022–2026 | 3% of 29 | |
| Nancy Wieben Stock | F-- | Judge | Orange County | 32 | 1993–2025 | 43% of 30 |
| Robert J. Trentacosta | C+ | Judge | San Diego County | 32 | 2007–2026 | 19% of 31 |
| Anthony R. Villalobos | F-- | Judge | Riverside County | 32 | 2013–2026 | 40% of 30 |
| Albert J. Wojcik | D++ | Judge | Riverside County | 32 | 2010–2025 | 23% of 30 |
| David Wolf | Judge | calsuperct | 32 | 2020–2026 | 29% of 24 | |
| Lorenzo R. Balderrama | C- | Judge | San Bernardino County | 31 | 2013–2025 | 24% of 25 |
| Jeffrey B. Barton | A+ | Judge | San Diego County | 31 | 2002–2022 | 10% of 29 |
| Dean Benjamini | C+ | Judge | calsuperct | 31 | 2016–2026 | 18% of 22 |
| Deborah S. Brazil | Judge | Los Angeles County | 31 | 2015–2026 | 22% of 27 | |
| Joseph R. Brisco | A++ | Judge | San Bernardino County | 31 | 2009–2018 | 37% of 27 |
| Jacki C. Brown | Judge | Orange County | 31 | 2013–2022 | 26% of 23 | |
| Joseph H. Budd | Judge | Merced County | 31 | 1899–1906 | 19% of 16 | |
| Valerie R. Chrissakis | Judge | Kings County | 31 | 2021–2026 | 24% of 29 | |
| Suzette Clover | Judge | Los Angeles County | 31 | 2013–2025 | 19% of 26 | |
| Coubt | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 31 | 1873–1937 | — | |
| David S. Cunningham, III | Judge | Los Angeles County | 31 | 2013–2026 | 25% of 28 | |
| Bryan Foster | Judge | San Bernardino County | 31 | 2013–2024 | 40% of 25 | |
| Michael Garcia | Judge | Los Angeles County | 31 | 2014–2026 | 13% of 30 | |
| Martha K. Gooding | Judge | Orange County | 31 | 2017–2025 | 41% of 29 | |
| Hector E. Gutierrez | Judge | Los Angeles County | 31 | 2016–2026 | 26% of 27 | |
| Eric A. Keen | C-- | Judge | Riverside County | 31 | 2020–2026 | 35% of 31 |
| Michael C. Kelley | Judge | Los Angeles County | 31 | 2020–2025 | 7% of 30 | |
| Clifford L. Klein | Judge | Los Angeles County | 31 | 2013–2023 | 10% of 30 |