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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph G. Wilson | Judge | Marin County | 16 | 1964–1984 | 60% of 10 | |
| Richard A. Adler | A- | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 15 | 1986–2014 | — |
| Isabel Apkarian | Judge | Orange County | 15 | 2021–2026 | 31% of 13 | |
| Jeffrey S. Bostwick | A++ | Judge | San Diego County | 15 | 2013–2023 | 33% of 15 |
| Richard H. Breiner | Judge | Marin County | 15 | 1983–1996 | — | |
| Cavanah | F-- | District judge | casd | 15 | 1935–1950 | — |
| Eli Chernow | Judge | Los Angeles County | 15 | 1980–2025 | — | |
| Newcomb Condee | Judge | Los Angeles County | 15 | 1946–1965 | 43% of 14 | |
| Raymond T. Coughlin | Judge | Sacramento County | 15 | 1944–1965 | 33% of 15 | |
| Frederick Paul Dickerson III | F | Judge | Riverside County | 15 | 2020–2026 | 27% of 15 |
| Donnell | Judge | calsuperct | 15 | 1954–2016 | — | |
| N. A. Dorn | Judge | Monterey County | 15 | 1900–1906 | — | |
| Selena Dong Epley | B | Judge | calsuperct | 15 | 2015–2026 | 14% of 14 |
| Frank F. Fasel | Judge | Orange County | 15 | 1995–2017 | 42% of 12 | |
| Jules E. Fleuret | Judge | San Bernardino County | 15 | 1999–2015 | 31% of 13 | |
| Fogg | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 15 | 1968–1976 | — | |
| Amythest Freeman | Judge | calsuperct | 15 | 2023–2025 | 40% of 10 | |
| Dianna Gould-Saltman | Judge | Los Angeles County | 15 | 2013–2025 | 27% of 15 | |
| Richard F.C. Hayden | Judge | Los Angeles County | 15 | 1964–1983 | 36% of 11 | |
| Samantha P. Jessner | Judge | Los Angeles County | 15 | 2014–2026 | 31% of 13 | |
| Gregory W. Jones | Temporary judge | Orange County | 15 | 2002–2014 | 7% of 14 | |
| Kobayashi Leslie E. Kobayashi | A- | District judge | casd | 15 | 2026–2026 | — |
| Benjamin Landis | Judge | Los Angeles County | 15 | 1960–1977 | 15% of 13 | |
| Cristina Gutierrez Legaspi | Judge | calsuperct | 15 | 2024–2026 | 8% of 13 | |
| Dal M. Lemmon | Judge | Sacramento County | 15 | 1933–1947 | 7% of 15 | |
| Michael I. Levanas | Judge | Los Angeles County | 15 | 2005–2026 | 36% of 14 | |
| L. Jackson Lucky IV | A++ | Judge | Riverside County | 15 | 2014–2024 | 36% of 14 |
| Carmen R. Luege | Temporary judge | Orange County | 15 | 2021–2026 | 47% of 15 | |
| Patrick T. Madden | Judge | Los Angeles County | 15 | 2005–2026 | 58% of 12 | |
| Arthur K. Marshall | Judge | Los Angeles County | 15 | 1956–1979 | — | |
| Tilisha Martin | A-- | Judge | San Diego County | 15 | 2020–2026 | 7% of 15 |
| Darrell S. Mavis | Judge | Los Angeles County | 15 | 2013–2025 | 13% of 15 | |
| Patrick T. Meyers | Judge | Los Angeles County | 15 | 2007–2020 | 20% of 15 | |
| Cecil Mosbacher | Judge | Alameda County | 15 | 1954–1977 | 40% of 15 | |
| Harry J. Neubarth | Judge | City and County of San Francisco denying petition for writ of mandamus | 15 | 1951–1968 | 7% of 15 | |
| David B. Oberholtzer | A- | Judge | San Diego County | 15 | 2013–2021 | 33% of 15 |
| James Otto | Judge | Los Angeles County | 15 | 2013–2026 | 13% of 15 | |
| Joanne O’Donnell | Judge | calsuperct | 15 | 2013–2020 | 14% of 14 | |
| Papas | A- | District judge | casd | 15 | 1994–2006 | — |
| Pee | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 15 | 1883–1957 | — | |
| Richard V. Peel | Judge | San Bernardino County | 15 | 2013–2026 | 25% of 12 | |
| Irving H. Perluss | Judge | Sacramento County | 15 | 1964–1982 | 42% of 12 | |
| Jeffrey J. Prevost | D-- | Judge | Riverside County | 15 | 2014–2025 | 20% of 15 |
| Ashley Price | Judge | Los Angeles County | 15 | 2022–2026 | 8% of 13 | |
| George Samuels | Judge | Alameda County | 15 | 1922–1926 | 7% of 14 | |
| John A. Shidler | Judge | Los Angeles County | 15 | 1961–1986 | 43% of 14 | |
| Jennifer C. Shirk | Judge | Tulare County | 15 | 2013–2026 | 17% of 12 | |
| Parks Stillwell | Judge | Los Angeles County | 15 | 1957–1995 | 27% of 11 | |
| Raymond Thompson | Judge | Orange County | 15 | 1949–1970 | 20% of 15 | |
| Shelly Torrealba | Judge | Los Angeles County | 15 | 2015–2026 | 7% of 15 |