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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

NameGradeRoleWhereCasesYearsReversed
Kim L. Nguyen Judge Los Angeles County 11 2019–2025 27% of 11
Bonsall Noon Judge San Diego County 11 1958–1973 50% of 10
Robert A. O'Farrell Judge calsuperct 11 1985–2010 —
Gail D. Ohanesian Judge Sacramento County 11 2002–2018 27% of 11
Lester E. Olson Judge Los Angeles County 11 1970–1994 —
Gregory J. Olson Temporary judge Riverside County 11 2013–2025 —
Franklin B. Orfield A++ Judge San Diego County 11 1972–1989 —
Joseph T. Ortiz D++ Judge San Bernardino County 11 2024–2026 —
Edwin M. Osborne Justice, Court of Appeal Court of Appeal 11 1984–1985 —
Malvina Ovanezova Temporary judge Riverside County 11 2025–2026 —
Claude D. Perasso Judge City and County of San Francisco 11 1976–1997 —
Roger Alton Pfaff Judge Los Angeles County 11 1952–1968 27% of 11
Michael R. Powell Judge Los Angeles County 11 2020–2026 27% of 11
Catherine J. Pratt Judge Los Angeles County 11 2013–2021 45% of 11
Nancy A. Ramirez Judge Los Angeles County 11 2020–2025 36% of 11
Michael J. Raphael Judge calsuperct 11 2016–2021 40% of 10
Steven H. Rodda Judge Sacramento County 11 1987–2020 —
Elias V. Rosenkranz Judge Los Angeles County 11 1929–1933 9% of 11
Louis P. Russill Judge Los Angeles County 11 1931–1932 18% of 11
John J. Ryan — Judge Orange County 11 1995–2025 —
George W. Schonfeld Judge City and County of San Francisco granting a new trial 11 1943–1962 18% of 11
Schwartz F-- Justice, Court of Appeal ca9 11 1968–1987 —
Shaeter Justice, Court of Appeal Supreme Court 11 1865–1868 —
Marvin Sherwin Judge Alameda County 11 1958–1963 18% of 11
Terry Lee Smerling Judge Los Angeles County 11 1996–2026 40% of 10
Thomas A. Smith Retired judge Calaveras County 11 2005–2018 64% of 11
John P. Sparrow Judge Alameda County 11 1975–1979 —
Warren Stockton Judge Kern County 11 1939–1957 9% of 11
Mary Strobel Judge Los Angeles County 11 2014–2024 18% of 11
James M. Stuart Judge Kern County 11 1984–2009 —
Jon E. Stuebbe Judge Kern County 11 2004–2013 0% of 10
Dylan Sullivan Judge El Dorado County 11 2016–2025 50% of 10
Paul T. Suzuki Judge Los Angeles County 11 2015–2023 30% of 10
Tavares F-- Justice, Court of Appeal ca9 11 1961–1967 —
Homer B. Thompson Judge Santa Clara County 11 1965–1994 40% of 10
Jessica A. Uzcategui Judge calsuperct 11 2020–2026 —
Dudley S. Valentine Judge Los Angeles County 11 1931–1942 18% of 11
Juan M. Valles Referee Los Angeles County 11 2025–2026 10% of 10
Carlos E. Vazquez Judge Los Angeles County 11 2014–2015 18% of 11
Rob B. Villeza Judge Los Angeles County 11 2023–2025 36% of 11
Arthur E. Wallace Judge Kern County 11 1988–2009 —
Jerold E. Weil Judge Los Angeles County 11 1959–1968 9% of 11
Welch Justice, Court of Appeal Court of Appeal 11 1920–1928 —
Michael D. Wellington D- Judge San Diego County 11 1994–2015 —
Franklin G. West Judge Orange County 11 1942–1963 18% of 11
West Justice, Court of Appeal Court of Appeal 11 1941–1956 —
Clarence Westra Jr. Judge Kern County 11 1990–2007 —
John A. Westwick Judge Santa Barbara County 11 1964–1977 20% of 10
Whaley F-- Justice, Court of Appeal ca9 11 1997–2015 —
Thomas P. White Judge Los Angeles County 11 1932–1938 10% of 10