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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger W. Boren | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 556 | 1986–2017 | — | |
| George | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 554 | 1987–2015 | — | |
| Silas S. Sanderson | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 553 | 1862–1869 | — | |
| John F. Tyler | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 552 | 1921–1939 | — | |
| Martinez | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 551 | 2006–2026 | — | |
| Judith M. Ashmann-Gerst | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 549 | 2002–2025 | — | |
| Allison H. Goddard | B- | District judge | casd | 549 | 2019–2026 | — |
| Finch | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 546 | 1921–1930 | — | |
| Jefferson | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 545 | 1961–1981 | — | |
| Jenkins | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 541 | 1978–2025 | — | |
| Thomas J. Lennon | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 541 | 1911–1926 | — | |
| Helen E. Zukin | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 541 | 2023–2026 | — | |
| Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 535 | 2005–2023 | — | |
| Searls | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 528 | 1885–1898 | — | |
| Linda Lopez | C-- | District judge | Southern District of California County | 527 | 2019–2026 | 31% of 13 |
| Charles S. Poochigian | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 524 | 2010–2024 | — | |
| Louis H. Ward | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 523 | 1929–2005 | — | |
| Andrew G. Schopler | C | District judge | Southern District of California County | 522 | 2019–2026 | 8% of 13 |
| Roy L. Herndon | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 518 | 1958–1973 | — | |
| Allen W. Ashburn | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 517 | 1955–1965 | — | |
| Burns | A- | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 513 | 1973–2026 | — |
| Ross | F-- | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 510 | 1880–1983 | — |
| Audra M. Mori | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 506 | 2023–2026 | — | |
| Sharpstein | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 504 | 1880–1892 | — | |
| Herbert L. Ashby | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 503 | 1972–1992 | — | |
| Foote | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 503 | 1885–2016 | — | |
| Hall | F | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 503 | 1905–2010 | — |
| Sandra L. Margulies | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 502 | 2002–2023 | — | |
| Jackson | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 501 | 1992–2026 | — | |
| Nathan D. Mihara | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 500 | 1993–2020 | — | |
| Earl | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 497 | 2022–2026 | — | |
| J G. Hastings | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 494 | 1850–2008 | — | |
| Patricia Bamattre-Manoukian | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 492 | 1990–2024 | — | |
| Taylor | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 490 | 1955–1993 | — | |
| Vance W. Raye | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 489 | 1991–2022 | — | |
| William G. Lorigan | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 485 | 1900–1918 | — | |
| A. V. Paterson | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 485 | 1887–1894 | — | |
| Barbara J. Jones | C++ | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 481 | 1923–2020 | — |
| Gordon L. Files | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 479 | 1962–1982 | — | |
| Stephen J. Field | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 478 | 1852–1863 | — | |
| Haynes | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 478 | 1890–1904 | — | |
| Martin J. Coughlin | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 476 | 1955–1977 | — | |
| Allison M. Danner | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 470 | 2018–2026 | — | |
| Martha K. Gooding | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 466 | 2017–2026 | — | |
| Joanne Motoike | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 464 | 2022–2026 | — | |
| John D. Molloy | C++ | Judge | Riverside County | 459 | 2013–2026 | 35% of 418 |
| William F. Rylaarsdam | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 459 | 1994–2016 | — | |
| Lawrence F. Terry | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 459 | 1855–1978 | — | |
| Marilyn L. Huff | B-- | District judge | Southern District of California County | 457 | 1993–2026 | 24% of 107 |
| Anita L. Santos | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 452 | 2019–2026 | — |