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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. R. Webb | Judge | Merced County | 27 | 1899–1907 | 36% of 11 | |
| Robert A. Wenke | Judge | Los Angeles County | 27 | 1967–1981 | 30% of 20 | |
| J. Howard Ziemann | Judge | Los Angeles County | 27 | 1959–1969 | 15% of 27 | |
| Edward P. Allard III | C+ | Judge | San Diego County | 26 | 2013–2016 | 12% of 26 |
| Marissa A. Bejarano | D+ | Judge | San Diego County | 26 | 2022–2026 | 35% of 23 |
| Donald S. Black | Judge | Fresno County | 26 | 2005–2022 | 35% of 26 | |
| Jay M. Bloom | B | Judge | San Diego County | 26 | 1994–2023 | 16% of 25 |
| Mark A. Borenstein | Judge | Los Angeles County | 26 | 2013–2026 | 24% of 25 | |
| Brazil | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 26 | 1957–1958 | — | |
| Albert G. Burnett | Judge | City and County of San Francisco | 26 | 1900–1909 | 25% of 12 | |
| Cary | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 26 | 1930–1930 | — | |
| Charles Q. Clay III | Judge | Los Angeles County | 26 | 2006–2026 | 38% of 21 | |
| Lisa Hart Cole | Judge | Los Angeles County | 26 | 2008–2023 | 28% of 25 | |
| Ricardo Cordova | Judge | Stanislaus County | 26 | 2013–2025 | 22% of 23 | |
| S. Crail | Judge | Los Angeles County | 26 | 1921–1928 | 12% of 26 | |
| Sean P. Crandell | Judge | Riverside County | 26 | 2023–2026 | 48% of 21 | |
| Betty B. Deal | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 26 | 1979–1990 | — | |
| William H. Ellis | Judge | Riverside County | 26 | 1923–1930 | 33% of 24 | |
| Lori Ann Fournier | Judge | Los Angeles County | 26 | 2013–2021 | 24% of 25 | |
| E. C. Hart | Judge | Sacramento County | 26 | 1900–1911 | 17% of 12 | |
| H. G. Jorgensen | Judge | Monterey County | 26 | 1929–1941 | 20% of 25 | |
| Keri G. Katz | A- | Commissioner | San Diego County | 26 | 2013–2026 | 17% of 24 |
| K. Michael Kirkman | D | Judge | San Diego County | 26 | 2013–2022 | 8% of 26 |
| William D. Lehman | D+ | Judge | Imperial County | 26 | 2009–2026 | 12% of 25 |
| Robert C. Longstreth | A+ | Judge | San Diego County | 26 | 2013–2026 | 12% of 26 |
| Kazuharu Makino | Judge | Orange County | 26 | 1991–2024 | 15% of 20 | |
| E. J. Marks | Judge | Orange County | 26 | 1926–1933 | 27% of 26 | |
| Stephen Marpet | Commissioner | Los Angeles County | 26 | 2002–2026 | 35% of 23 | |
| David T. McEachen | Judge | Orange County | 26 | 2001–2018 | 31% of 26 | |
| Marcella O. McLaughlin | D-- | Judge | San Diego County | 26 | 2021–2026 | 35% of 23 |
| Dan McNerney | Judge | Orange County | 26 | 2008–2016 | 15% of 26 | |
| Ogden | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 26 | 1932–1948 | — | |
| Sheila Recio | Judge | Orange County | 26 | 2023–2026 | 42% of 24 | |
| John S. Rhoades | District judge | Southern District of California County | 26 | 1991–2010 | 19% of 21 | |
| Robert W. Steel | A- | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 26 | 1936–1981 | — |
| Richard A. Stone | Judge | Los Angeles County | 26 | 2005–2021 | 15% of 26 | |
| Well | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 26 | 1923–1939 | — | |
| Zouhary | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 26 | 2011–2018 | — | |
| Lorna A. Alksne | B- | Judge | San Diego County | 25 | 2013–2022 | 27% of 22 |
| Bruce F. Allen | Judge | Santa Clara County | 25 | 1969–1985 | 26% of 19 | |
| Roger M. Beauchesne | Judge | Stanislaus County | 25 | 2003–2021 | 29% of 24 | |
| Ross Campbell | Judge | Mendocino County | 25 | 1924–1932 | 8% of 24 | |
| Hilary A. Chittick | Judge | Fresno County | 25 | 2013–2022 | 0% of 21 | |
| Ralph H. Clock | Judge | Los Angeles County | 25 | 1923–1928 | 25% of 24 | |
| Aylett R. Cotton | Judge | San Mateo County | 25 | 1943–1960 | 46% of 24 | |
| Andre De La Cruz | Judge | Orange County | 25 | 2020–2026 | 36% of 22 | |
| Leon T. David | Judge | Los Angeles County | 25 | 1953–1968 | 20% of 25 | |
| C. Denny | Judge | Sonoma County | 25 | 1909–1921 | 27% of 15 | |
| S. K. Dougherty | Judge | Sonoma County | 25 | 1900–1907 | 36% of 14 | |
| James R. Dunn | Judge | Los Angeles County | 25 | 2005–2015 | 38% of 24 |