David B. Sapp, Gov. Gavin Newsom's legal affairs secretary who helped lead California's National Guard lawsuit against Preside...
Goorvitch brings writs, criminal, regulatory experience to appellate bench
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Stephen I. Goorvitch, seeking an eight-year term on the 2nd District Court of Appeal, brings experience deciding envir...
Justice Juliet O. Macaulay is seeking a 12-year term on the 4th District division that reviewed her jury selection r...
Rodriguez's path to 4th District spans prosecution and rehabilitation courts
By Laurinda Keys
San Diego County Superior Court Judge Lisa R. Rodriguez, confirmed in August to the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division 1, ...
New 5th District Justice Sandhu built treatment courts, school outreach
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Sonny S. Sandhu, a former Stanislaus County public defender and presiding judge, joined the 5th District Court of Appe...
Santa Clara County Judge Frederick S. Chung seeks a 12-year appellate term after rulings involving a mass shooting, religious ...
From restaurant critic to appellate justice, Guerra values people's stories
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Amy K. Guerra, a former defense attorney and family law judge, seeks retention on the 5th District after writing two p...
A former family law research attorney and federal law clerk, Justice Charles F. Adams presided over CARE Court before joining ...
Justice Deborah C. Servino, a former deputy attorney general who argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and conducted more than ...
Daum brings a historian's eye and a litigator's range to the 2nd District
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Nicholas F. Daum, a former entertainment litigator and trial judge, seeks retention on the 2nd District after writing ...
Rubin upholds murder conviction after victim's family ends life support
By Laurinda Keys
Justice David M. Rubin, a prosecutor for two decades and a San Diego trial judge for 16 years, joined the 4th District Court o...
Former Marine and federal prosecutor seeks four-year term on 4th District
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Jose S. Castillo, a former Marine and federal prosecutor, has written on sports instructor liability, Privette, whistl...
Former Fresno presiding judge Arlan Harrell brings experience from more than 200 trials to the 5th District Court of Appeal, w...
Justice Truc Do's concurrence in an impaired-driving murder case influenced a later appellate ruling. The former homicide pros...
Kelety's criminal rulings demand proof beyond defendants' violent pasts
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Julia C. Kelety, a former probate judge seeking retention Nov. 3, has questioned evidence and jury instructions in mur...
Justice Thomas DeSantos, a former Kings County lawyer and judge, draws on decades of courtroom experience in appellate rulings...
Justice Corey G. Lee seeks retention after less than a year on the 4th District. Two earlier dissents she wrote gained support...
Justice William S. Dato, who has worked at every level of California's courts, brings an appellate specialist's approach to ju...
Justice Kathleen Meehan's opinions on plea agreements and transgender privacy influenced California Supreme Court decisions an...
Justice Mark W. Snauffer's Kern River ruling is before the California Supreme Court. The 5th District justice also upheld a vo...
Gooding: Seriousness of old crime can't block rehabilitation certificate
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Martha K. Gooding, a former senior litigator, has ruled on rehabilitation, speedy trials and trade secrets. The state ...
Justice Matthew A. Scherb, appointed to the 2nd District less than a year ago, wrote a divided DoorDash arbitration ruling and...
Danner's opinions shape high court decisions as she trains new justices
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Allison Danner, who trains new appellate justices, and whose rulings the state Supreme Court has drawn on or upheld in...
Justice Stacy Boulware Eurie has expanded into water and environmental law while maintaining her commitment to child welfare a...
4th District Justice Michael J. Raphael, seeking a 12-year term Nov. 3, wrote a dissent, concurrence and majority opinion whos...
Justice Mark Hanasono, whose family's World War II internment history inspired his legal career, brings experience as a public...
Justice Armen Tamzarian, a former Los Angeles trial judge, has written opinions on workplace harassment, electronic privacy a...
Feinberg brings exacting approach to writing and interpreting the law
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Aimee Feinberg, a former California deputy solicitor general who argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, seeks retention...
Delaney's opinions draw lines on privilege, debt collection and civility
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Thomas A. Delaney has written appellate opinions on privileged emails, debt collection and lawyer civility. A former O...