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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H. Parker Wood | Judge | Los Angeles County | 9 | 1929–1936 | — | |
| Zeke Zeidler | Judge | Los Angeles County | 9 | 2013–2024 | — | |
| George J. Abdallah, Jr. | Judge | San Joaquin County | 8 | 2013–2026 | — | |
| Arthur L. Alarcon | Judge | Los Angeles County | 8 | 1966–1969 | — | |
| Olga Alvarez | F | Judge | San Diego County | 8 | 2024–2026 | — |
| Wendy L. Avila | Judge | Kern County | 8 | 2022–2024 | — | |
| Bunmi O. Awoniyi | Judge | Sacramento County | 8 | 2023–2025 | — | |
| Robert T. Baca | Judge | Kern County | 8 | 1983–1997 | — | |
| Stephen H. Baker | Judge | Shasta County | 8 | 2006–2022 | — | |
| Jay R. Ballantyne | Judge | Tulare County | 8 | 1969–1986 | — | |
| Eugene L. Balonon | Judge | Sacramento County | 8 | 2009–2021 | — | |
| Stanley N. Barnes | Judge | Los Angeles County | 8 | 1949–1953 | — | |
| Elsworth M. Beam | Judge | Los Angeles County | 8 | 1976–1988 | — | |
| Candace Beason | Judge | Los Angeles County | 8 | 2013–2015 | — | |
| Julian Beck | Judge | Los Angeles County | 8 | 1960–1972 | — | |
| Jose R. Benavides | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 8 | 2013–2015 | — | |
| Kerry R. Bensinger | Judge | Los Angeles County | 8 | 2020–2026 | — | |
| John E. Benson | Judge | City and County of San Francisco | 8 | 1976–1979 | — | |
| Hollis G. Best | Judge | Fresno County | 8 | 1976–1986 | — | |
| Henry E. Bianchi | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 8 | 1982–1997 | — | |
| Louis F. Bissig | Judge | Kings County | 8 | 1993–2023 | — | |
| Aviva K. Bobb | Judge | Los Angeles County | 8 | 1997–2026 | — | |
| Bradley L. Boeckman | Judge | Shasta County | 8 | 1999–2026 | — | |
| Paul Boland | Judge | Los Angeles County | 8 | 1994–1999 | — | |
| Allan J. Bollhoffer | Judge | San Mateo County | 8 | 1988–1998 | — | |
| Paul R. Borton | Judge | Kern County | 8 | 1966–1978 | — | |
| Robert L. Bostick | Judge | Alameda County | 8 | 1968–1981 | — | |
| Brandlin | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 8 | 1995–1997 | — | |
| H. Eugene Breitenbach | Judge | Los Angeles County | 8 | 1959–1970 | — | |
| Ingall W. Bull | Judge | Los Angeles County | 8 | 1939–1948 | — | |
| W. Preston Butcher | Judge | Santa Barbara County | 8 | 1963–1970 | — | |
| William A. Caldecott | Judge | Los Angeles County | 8 | 1972–1979 | — | |
| Raymond G. Callaghan | Judge | Santa Clara County | 8 | 1960–1967 | — | |
| William S. Cannon | A++ | Retired judge | San Diego County | 8 | 2005–2014 | — |
| Thomas M. Cecil | Judge | Sacramento County | 8 | 1995–2009 | — | |
| Kenneth N. Chantry | Judge | Los Angeles County | 8 | 1958–1964 | — | |
| Gerald S. Chargin | Judge | Santa Clara County | 8 | 1961–1974 | — | |
| John Joseph Cheroske | Judge | Los Angeles County | 8 | 1995–2016 | — | |
| Lawrence Cho | Judge | Los Angeles County | 8 | 2013–2025 | — | |
| Deborah L. Christian | Judge | Los Angeles County | 8 | 2020–2025 | — | |
| Charles Chung | Judge | Los Angeles County | 8 | 2013–2022 | — | |
| Israel Claustro | Judge | Orange County | 8 | 2024–2026 | — | |
| Debra A. Cole | Judge | Los Angeles County | 8 | 2022–2026 | — | |
| Collier | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 8 | 1927–1927 | — | |
| Morton R. Colvin | Judge | City and County of San Francisco | 8 | 1974–1996 | — | |
| Comb | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 8 | 1930–1967 | — | |
| Philip Conley | Judge | Fresno County | 8 | 1950–1963 | — | |
| William M. Conley | Judge | Alameda County | 8 | 1910–1922 | — | |
| Lloyd G. Connelly | Judge | Sacramento County | 8 | 2013–2015 | — | |
| Patricia Yim Cowett | F- | Judge | San Diego County | 8 | 2002–2009 | — |