Judges
Who sits in which San Diego department
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10,950 judges · a reversal rate is shown from 10 merits decisions in this corpus
| Name | Grade | Role | Where | Cases | Years | Reversed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James T. Warren† | Judge | Riverside County | 15 | 1991–2022 | 38% of 13 | |
| Steven S. Weisman | Judge | Los Angeles County | 15 | 1961–1978 | 50% of 14 | |
| Kerry Wells | B+ | Judge | San Diego County | 15 | 2007–2017 | 7% of 15 |
| Ronald M. Whyte | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 15 | 1970–2017 | — | |
| Max Z. Wisot | Judge | Los Angeles County | 15 | 1967–1983 | 25% of 12 | |
| Brodie Ahlport | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 1960–1968 | 50% of 14 | |
| F. M. Angellotti | Judge | Marin County | 14 | 1900–1906 | — | |
| Ashmann | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 14 | 1982–2017 | — | |
| Atteridge | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 14 | 1932–1946 | — | |
| Katherine Bacal | A-- | Judge | San Diego County | 14 | 2016–2023 | 21% of 14 |
| Charles D. Ballard | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 1930–1943 | 14% of 14 | |
| Jennifer W. Baronoff | Commissioner | Los Angeles County | 14 | 2024–2026 | 17% of 12 | |
| Daniel Beecher | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 1928–1932 | 31% of 13 | |
| Nichelle L. Blackwell | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 2016–2026 | 14% of 14 | |
| James R. Brandlin | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 2006–2016 | 8% of 13 | |
| Irma J. Brown | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 2006–2020 | 7% of 14 | |
| Barbara A. Buchholz | C+ | Judge | San Bernardino County | 14 | 2013–2016 | 15% of 13 |
| Paul Burks | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 1924–1928 | 54% of 13 | |
| Mike Camacho, Jr. | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 2013–2026 | 36% of 14 | |
| Allan B. Campbell | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 1932–1959 | 29% of 14 | |
| David S. Cunningham | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 2014–2025 | 42% of 12 | |
| Daniel J. Didier | Judge | Orange County | 14 | 1997–2015 | 46% of 13 | |
| Drucker | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 14 | 1966–1969 | — | |
| Eric L. DuTemple | Judge | Tuolumne County | 14 | 2006–2016 | 18% of 11 | |
| William M. Finch | Judge | Glenn County | 14 | 1909–1922 | — | |
| Robert R. Fitzgerald | Judge | Orange County | 14 | 1983–2019 | — | |
| John J. Ford | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 1950–1961 | 0% of 14 | |
| William E. Fox | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 1960–1967 | 14% of 14 | |
| Harvey Giss | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 2013–2015 | 29% of 14 | |
| Dudley W. Gray II | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 2013–2019 | 57% of 14 | |
| Randolph Hammock | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 2018–2026 | 38% of 13 | |
| Michael B. Harwin | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 2013–2026 | 50% of 14 | |
| Amy Hogue | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 2013–2024 | 14% of 14 | |
| Steven E. Ipson | Commissioner | Los Angeles County | 14 | 2019–2024 | 14% of 14 | |
| C. Robert Jameson | A- | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 14 | 1931–1980 | — |
| Arthur H. Jean, Jr. | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 1991–2015 | 14% of 14 | |
| Frank Johnson | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 2013–2021 | 21% of 14 | |
| Michael W. Jones | Judge | Placer County | 14 | 2018–2025 | 77% of 13 | |
| Thomas F. Keating | Judge | Marin County | 14 | 1952–1970 | 7% of 14 | |
| A. S. Kittredge | Judge | Santa Clara County | 14 | 1900–1902 | — | |
| Barbara A. Kronlund | Judge | San Joaquin County | 14 | 2013–2026 | 21% of 14 | |
| James T. LaPorte | Judge | Kings County | 14 | 2013–2022 | 58% of 12 | |
| James T. Latting | A++ | Judge | Riverside County | 14 | 2017–2023 | 36% of 14 |
| Michael R. Libutti | Judge | San Bernardino County | 14 | 2014–2025 | 7% of 14 | |
| Joel L. Lofton | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 2020–2026 | 29% of 14 | |
| Debra L. Losnick | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 2015–2026 | 0% of 13 | |
| Norman F. Main | Judge | Los Angeles County | 14 | 1948–1963 | 29% of 14 | |
| Sharon B. Majors-Lewis | F-- | Judge | San Diego County | 14 | 2015–2022 | 15% of 13 |
| Gregory P. Maushart | Judge | Stanislaus County | 14 | 1953–1968 | 58% of 12 | |
| Francis McCarty | Judge | City and County of San Francisco | 14 | 1963–1981 | 23% of 13 |