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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motz | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 13 | 2014–2017 | — | |
| Kenneth C. Newell | Judge | Los Angeles County | 13 | 1938–1962 | 0% of 13 | |
| Walter H. Odemar | Judge | Los Angeles County | 13 | 1960–1969 | 23% of 13 | |
| Wade Olson | Judge | Los Angeles County | 13 | 2001–2016 | 18% of 11 | |
| Walter Osborn, Jr. | Judge | calsuperct | 13 | 1966–1983 | 8% of 12 | |
| Christopher S. Pallone | F- | Judge | San Bernardino County | 13 | 2021–2026 | 18% of 11 |
| Roy L. Paul | Judge | calsuperct | 13 | 2007–2020 | 15% of 13 | |
| Roy L. Paul | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 13 | 1955–2017 | — | |
| Robert Perry | Judge | Los Angeles County | 13 | 2013–2023 | 38% of 13 | |
| Lloyd A. Phillips, Jr. | Judge | Sacramento County | 13 | 1971–2010 | 40% of 10 | |
| Glade F. Roper | Judge | Tulare County | 13 | 2013–2025 | — | |
| Valerie Salkin | Judge | Los Angeles County | 13 | 2016–2026 | 38% of 13 | |
| Schneider | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 13 | 1983–2007 | — | |
| Lisa K. Sepe-Wiesenfeld | Judge | Los Angeles County | 13 | 2018–2026 | 38% of 13 | |
| Charles D. Sheldon | Judge | Los Angeles County | 13 | 1992–2013 | 31% of 13 | |
| R. R. Sischo | Judge | Merced County | 13 | 1951–1963 | 62% of 13 | |
| Fred W. Slaughter | Judge | Orange County | 13 | 2015–2024 | 67% of 12 | |
| Dailey S. Stafford | Judge | Los Angeles County | 13 | 1931–1933 | 38% of 13 | |
| Charles Everett Stafford, Jr. | Judge | Riverside County | 13 | 2003–2018 | 27% of 11 | |
| Ricardo A. Torres | Judge | Los Angeles County | 13 | 1981–2013 | — | |
| Harlan K. Veal | Judge | San Mateo County | 13 | 1987–1997 | 20% of 10 | |
| David C. Velasquez | Judge | Orange County | 13 | 1992–2014 | — | |
| Paul A. Vortmann | Judge | Tulare County | 13 | 2001–2015 | 15% of 13 | |
| Nathan T. Vu | Judge | Orange County | 13 | 2021–2026 | 23% of 13 | |
| Adam Wertheimer | D- | Commissioner | San Diego County | 13 | 2013–2025 | 54% of 13 |
| Gloria White-Brown | Judge | Los Angeles County | 13 | 2021–2023 | 54% of 13 | |
| James G. Whyte | Judge | Los Angeles County | 13 | 1953–1974 | 42% of 12 | |
| John Shepard Wiley | Judge | Los Angeles County | 13 | 2014–2021 | 67% of 12 | |
| Randell L. Wilkinson | Judge | Orange County | 13 | 1994–2025 | 33% of 12 | |
| Adolph Alexander | Judge | Los Angeles County | 12 | 1962–1973 | 17% of 12 | |
| Lorna Alksne | D++ | Judge | San Diego County | 12 | 2013–2019 | 36% of 11 |
| Glenda S. Allen-Hill | Referee | Fresno County | 12 | 1995–2026 | 9% of 11 | |
| Khymberli S. Apaloo | C | Judge | San Diego County | 12 | 2016–2026 | 8% of 12 |
| Richard E. Arnason | Judge | Contra Costa County | 12 | 1967–2004 | — | |
| William Barry | Judge | Los Angeles County | 12 | 2014–2025 | 50% of 12 | |
| Bean | A- | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 12 | 1913–1920 | — |
| F. Ray Bennett | Judge | Los Angeles County | 12 | 1951–1973 | 9% of 11 | |
| Kerry Bensinger | Judge | Los Angeles County | 12 | 2016–2026 | 17% of 12 | |
| Stan Blumenfeld | Judge | Los Angeles County | 12 | 2013–2021 | 9% of 11 | |
| Robert B. Broadbelt III | Judge | Los Angeles County | 12 | 2015–2026 | 25% of 12 | |
| J. Michael Brown | Judge | Humboldt County | 12 | 1985–1997 | — | |
| St. Clair | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 12 | 1958–1959 | — | |
| Richard G. Cline | A++ | Judge | San Diego County | 12 | 2002–2014 | 9% of 11 |
| Arthur Coats | Judge | El Dorado County | 12 | 1936–1960 | 33% of 12 | |
| John M. Corcoran | Judge | Mariposa County | 12 | 1900–1905 | — | |
| Ronald M. Crookshank | Judge | Orange County | 12 | 1959–1971 | 8% of 12 | |
| R. W. Crump | Judge | Lake County | 12 | 1900–1905 | — | |
| W. R. Daingerfield | Judge | City and County of San Francisco and from an order denying a new trial | 12 | 1900–1904 | — | |
| Joseph A. Decristoforo | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 12 | 1980–1991 | — | |
| Louis B. Dematteis | Judge | San Mateo County | 12 | 1955–1975 | 10% of 10 |