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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert C. Thaxton | A- | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 18 | 1980–1988 | — |
| Shelly B. Torrealba | Judge | Los Angeles County | 18 | 2016–2026 | 47% of 17 | |
| Victor M. Torres | C-- | Judge | San Diego County | 18 | 2022–2026 | 31% of 16 |
| Joseph W. Vickers | Judge | Los Angeles County | 18 | 1928–1967 | 11% of 18 | |
| William R. Weisman | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 18 | 1999–2010 | — | |
| David E. Wolf | Judge | Kern County | 18 | 2020–2026 | 12% of 16 | |
| Larry Yellin | Judge | Orange County | 18 | 2020–2026 | 33% of 18 | |
| [fn†] | F-- | Judge | Ventura County | 18 | 1969–1997 | 42% of 12 |
| John F. Aiso | Judge | Los Angeles County | 17 | 1959–1967 | 18% of 17 | |
| Andrews | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 17 | 1933–1933 | — | |
| Gassia Apkarian | Judge | Orange County | 17 | 2016–2026 | 41% of 17 | |
| J. W. Ballard | Judge | Orange County | 17 | 1899–1905 | 33% of 12 | |
| Candace J. Beason | A++ | Judge | Los Angeles County | 17 | 1996–2023 | 6% of 17 |
| Nicole C. Bershon | Judge | Los Angeles County | 17 | 2021–2026 | 12% of 16 | |
| Edward R. Brand | Judge | Los Angeles County | 17 | 1941–1970 | 29% of 17 | |
| Anthony Brazil | Judge | Monterey County | 17 | 1952–1968 | 18% of 17 | |
| Wendy Chang | Judge | Los Angeles County | 17 | 2022–2026 | 12% of 17 | |
| W. H. Clark | Judge | Los Angeles County | 17 | 1899–1901 | 20% of 10 | |
| Robert M. Clarke | Judge | City and County of San Francisco and from an order refusing a new trial | 17 | 1912–1919 | 23% of 13 | |
| David Coleman | Judge | Los Angeles County | 17 | 1951–1970 | 41% of 17 | |
| Thomas J. Dandurand | Judge | City and County of San Francisco | 17 | 1979–1997 | 0% of 10 | |
| Joseph R. Distaso | Judge | Stanislaus County | 17 | 2016–2026 | 14% of 14 | |
| Robert A. Dukes | Judge | Los Angeles County | 17 | 1995–2023 | 20% of 15 | |
| F. H. Dunne | Judge | City and County of San Francisco | 17 | 1899–1916 | 36% of 11 | |
| Richard T. Fields | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 17 | 1984–2025 | — | |
| Tia Fisher | Judge | Los Angeles County | 17 | 2013–2016 | 20% of 15 | |
| Richard Fruin | Judge | calsuperct | 17 | 2013–2022 | 12% of 16 | |
| Robert Gerard | Judge | Orange County | 17 | 2021–2024 | 38% of 16 | |
| Christine K. Goldsmith | A+ | Judge | San Diego County | 17 | 2005–2025 | 13% of 15 |
| Grail | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 17 | 1935–1939 | — | |
| Christian R. Gullon | Judge | calsuperct | 17 | 2013–2026 | 38% of 16 | |
| L. G. Harrier | Judge | Solano County | 17 | 1905–1912 | — | |
| Lloyd L. Hicks | Judge | Tulare County | 17 | 2007–2019 | 38% of 16 | |
| Deirdre H. Hill | Judge | Los Angeles County | 17 | 2013–2025 | 29% of 17 | |
| Vickie Hix | Temporary judge | Orange County | 17 | 2014–2017 | 71% of 17 | |
| Lynne M. Hobbs | Judge | calsuperct | 17 | 2022–2026 | 8% of 13 | |
| Jr | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 17 | 1972–2026 | — | |
| Kurtz Kauffman | Judge | Los Angeles County | 17 | 1940–1968 | 24% of 17 | |
| Nadia J. Keilani | C-- | Judge | San Diego County | 17 | 2023–2025 | 27% of 15 |
| Andrew C. Kim | Judge | Los Angeles County | 17 | 2022–2026 | 50% of 16 | |
| Richard H. Kirschner | Judge | Los Angeles County | 17 | 2014–2026 | 7% of 15 | |
| W. H. Langdon | Judge | Stanislaus County | 17 | 1917–1921 | 25% of 16 | |
| J. Perry Langford | F | Judge | San Diego County | 17 | 1982–1994 | — |
| Sylvain J. Lazarus | Judge | City and County of San Francisco | 17 | 1940–1951 | 29% of 17 | |
| Leland J. Lazarus | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 17 | 1975–1978 | — | |
| Thomas J. Lennon | Judge | Marin County | 17 | 1904–1912 | — | |
| Ana Maria Luna | Judge | Los Angeles County | 17 | 2016–2026 | 25% of 16 | |
| Alison S. Matsumoto | Judge | Los Angeles County | 17 | 2025–2026 | 33% of 15 | |
| Martha Matthews | Judge | Los Angeles County | 17 | 2020–2026 | 0% of 13 | |
| Jamoa A. Moberly | Judge | Orange County | 17 | 2013–2016 | 41% of 17 |