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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm Mackey | Judge | Los Angeles County | 24 | 2013–2025 | 35% of 23 | |
| Marilyn Kading Martinez | Commissioner | Los Angeles County | 24 | 2013–2016 | 14% of 22 | |
| E. P. McDaniel | Judge | Alameda County | 24 | 1906–1933 | 33% of 18 | |
| William M. Monroe | Judge | Orange County | 24 | 1998–2015 | 5% of 21 | |
| Neal | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 24 | 1997–2000 | — | |
| Dan Thomas Oki | Judge | LOS ANGELES County | 24 | 2001–2021 | 45% of 22 | |
| James B. Pierce | Judge | Los Angeles County | 24 | 1993–2016 | 19% of 21 | |
| Nancy Ramirez | Judge | Los Angeles County | 24 | 2019–2026 | 15% of 20 | |
| Laurence J. Rittenband | Judge | Los Angeles County | 24 | 1964–1993 | 22% of 18 | |
| Bernard J. Schwartz | F- | Judge | Riverside County | 24 | 2013–2026 | 32% of 22 |
| Robert H. Scott | Judge | Los Angeles County | 24 | 1929–1960 | 25% of 24 | |
| Susan Ser | Judge | Los Angeles County | 24 | 2022–2026 | 22% of 23 | |
| Carla Singer | Judge | Orange County | 24 | 2008–2016 | 42% of 24 | |
| Linda L. Sun | Judge | Los Angeles County | 24 | 2021–2026 | 4% of 23 | |
| Swain | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 24 | 1943–1961 | — | |
| Gordon Thompson | Judge | San Diego County | 24 | 1938–2011 | 12% of 17 | |
| Antony C. Ufland | Judge | Orange County | 24 | 2020–2025 | 24% of 17 | |
| Michael D. Washington | B++ | Judge | San Diego County | 24 | 2015–2026 | 17% of 23 |
| Beaumont | A- | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 23 | 1928–1947 | — |
| Margaret Miller Bernal | Judge | Los Angeles County | 23 | 2013–2026 | 39% of 23 | |
| Christine Byrd | Judge | Los Angeles County | 23 | 2013–2024 | 25% of 20 | |
| Jane Cardoza | — | Judge | Fresno County | 23 | 2014–2023 | 6% of 18 |
| Clarke | A- | District judge | casd | 23 | 1956–1966 | — |
| John L. Cole | Judge | Los Angeles County | 23 | 1968–1989 | 27% of 15 | |
| James L. Crandall | Judge | Orange County | 23 | 2018–2025 | 35% of 23 | |
| Mark A. Davis | Judge | Los Angeles County | 23 | 2024–2026 | 18% of 17 | |
| Robert R. Devich | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 23 | 1981–1992 | — | |
| Timothy Patrick Dillon | Judge | Los Angeles County | 23 | 2020–2026 | 22% of 23 | |
| Otto J. Emme | Judge | Los Angeles County | 23 | 1949–1970 | 30% of 23 | |
| Elizabeth R. Feffer | Judge | Los Angeles County | 23 | 2013–2024 | 24% of 21 | |
| Darryl B. Ferguson | Judge | Tulare County | 23 | 2013–2016 | 10% of 21 | |
| Bryan F. Foster | A | Judge | San Bernardino County | 23 | 2007–2025 | 35% of 20 |
| Thomas S. Garza | F | Judge | San Bernardino County | 23 | 2013–2026 | 26% of 23 |
| C. J. Goodell | Judge | City and County of San Francisco and C | 23 | 1929–1942 | 5% of 21 | |
| Allan J. Goodman | Judge | Los Angeles County | 23 | 2009–2018 | 32% of 22 | |
| Hazlett | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 23 | 1927–1928 | — | |
| Daniel Juarez | Judge | calsuperct | 23 | 2016–2026 | 32% of 22 | |
| Kennedy | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 23 | 1976–1985 | — | |
| John D. Kirihara | Judge | Merced County | 23 | 2013–2025 | 28% of 18 | |
| Lantz Lewis | F+ | Judge | San Diego County | 23 | 2013–2021 | 9% of 23 |
| H.C. Lucas | Judge | Los Angeles County | 23 | 1927–1934 | 23% of 22 | |
| Frederick Maguire | C | Judge | San Diego County | 23 | 2013–2024 | 32% of 22 |
| David L. Minning | Judge | Los Angeles County | 23 | 2001–2018 | 29% of 21 | |
| William R. Nevitt, Jr. | A- | Judge | San Diego County | 23 | 2002–2016 | 26% of 19 |
| William A. Norris | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 23 | 1981–1995 | — | |
| Joanne B. O'Donnell | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 23 | 1954–2014 | — | |
| Joanne B. O'Donnell | Judge | Los Angeles County | 23 | 2008–2020 | 27% of 22 | |
| Amy M. Pellman | Judge | Los Angeles County | 23 | 2013–2025 | 41% of 22 | |
| Elia V. Pirozzi | F- | Judge | San Bernardino County | 23 | 2013–2025 | 14% of 21 |
| Rand S. Rubin | Judge | Los Angeles County | 23 | 2005–2016 | 14% of 21 |