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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seabls | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 7 | 1886–1894 | — | |
| Seaels | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 7 | 1885–1897 | — | |
| Seeborg | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 7 | 2011–2015 | — | |
| Norman Shapiro | Judge | Los Angeles County | 7 | 1999–2021 | — | |
| Frank W. Shaw, Jr. | Judge | City and County of San Francisco | 7 | 1972–1986 | — | |
| Irving A. Shimer | Judge | Los Angeles County | 7 | 1984–1992 | — | |
| B. Scott Silverman | Judge | Los Angeles County | 7 | 2013–2017 | — | |
| Terry Smerling | Judge | Los Angeles County | 7 | 1999–2024 | — | |
| Thomas R. Sokolov | Judge | Los Angeles County | 7 | 2014–2026 | — | |
| Speague | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 7 | 1868–1871 | — | |
| Renee Stackhouse | F- | Judge | San Diego County | 7 | 2025–2026 | — |
| Jess E. Stephens | Judge | Los Angeles County | 7 | 1941–1950 | — | |
| Ronald C. Stevens | Judge | Santa Barbara County | 7 | 1985–1995 | — | |
| Charles V. Stone | Judge | Stanislaus County | 7 | 1985–1993 | — | |
| Warren C. Stracener | Judge | El Dorado County | 7 | 2016–2021 | — | |
| John W. Summerfield | Judge | Los Angeles County | 7 | 1923–1927 | — | |
| John Sutter | Judge | Alameda County | 7 | 1988–1996 | — | |
| Edward Sweeny | Judge | Shasta County | 7 | 1899–1904 | — | |
| Phil D. Swing | Judge | Imperial County | 7 | 1921–1923 | — | |
| Lester Van Tatenhove | Judge | Orange County | 7 | 1966–1979 | — | |
| Robert C. Thaxton, Jr. | C- | Judge | San Diego County | 7 | 1988–1997 | — |
| Therein | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 7 | 2009–2016 | — | |
| Thomas O. Toland | Judge | Los Angeles County | 7 | 1922–1927 | — | |
| E. S. Torrence | Judge | San Diego County | 7 | 1902–1908 | — | |
| Yolanda V. Torres | Judge | Orange County | 7 | 2024–2026 | — | |
| Gloria Connor Trask | A++ | Judge | Riverside County | 7 | 2014–2016 | — |
| Harold Underwood | Judge | Shasta County | 7 | 1962–1982 | — | |
| Lucian B. Vandegrift | Judge | Butte County | 7 | 1973–1982 | — | |
| Sosi Chitakian Vogt | Judge | Madera County | 7 | 2024–2026 | — | |
| Charles D. Wachob | Judge | Placer County | 7 | 2009–2022 | — | |
| Lawrence C. Waddington | Judge | Los Angeles County | 7 | 1984–1994 | — | |
| Wallace L. Ware | Judge | Los Angeles County | 7 | 1955–1960 | — | |
| Thomas E. Warriner | Judge | El Dorado County | 7 | 2005–2019 | — | |
| W. H. Waste | Judge | Alameda County | 7 | 1906–1918 | — | |
| Alvin E. Weinberger | Judge | City and County of San Francisco | 7 | 1961–1974 | — | |
| Bradley A. Weinreb | A++ | Judge | San Diego County | 7 | 2020–2025 | — |
| J. Michael Welch | Judge | San Bernardino County | 7 | 2001–2021 | — | |
| Wayne A. Westover | Judge | Contra Costa County | 7 | 1980–1989 | — | |
| Melissa Widdifield | Judge | Los Angeles County | 7 | 2013–2024 | — | |
| Robert R. Willard | Judge | Ventura County | 7 | 1967–1975 | — | |
| Stephen V. Wilson | District judge | Central District of California County | 7 | 2011–2024 | — | |
| Joel Wohlfeil | A++ | Judge | San Diego County | 7 | 2013–2025 | — |
| Wong | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 7 | 1976–1980 | — | |
| Worth | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 7 | 2000–2017 | — | |
| Ernest J. Zack | Judge | Los Angeles County | 7 | 1968–1979 | — | |
| At the close of the argument | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 7 | 1915–1916 | — | |
| Richard W. Abbe | Judge | Shasta County | 6 | 1969–1997 | — | |
| David W. Abbott | Judge | Sacramento County | 6 | 2006–2020 | — | |
| Harold J. Ackerman | Judge | Los Angeles County | 6 | 1971–1993 | — | |
| G. Dennis Adams | C+ | Judge | San Diego County | 6 | 1979–1993 | — |