James A. Richman

Associate Justice
California Courts of Appeal
1st Appellate District, Division 2
Department/Division: 2

350 McAllister St.
San Francisco , CA 94102-3600
(415) 865-7300

Appointed to 1st District Court of Appeal, Division Two by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2006; appointed to the Alameda County Superior Court by Gov. Pete Wilson, 1996; partner, Cooley LLP, 1967-1996; assistant professor, Gonzaga University School of Law, 1966-1967; clerk, 1st District Court of Appeal Justice Raymond L. Sullivan, 1965-1966.

University of San Francisco School of Law, 1965

Title	Court	Published
The Heavy	1st Appellate District, Division 2 (San Francisco)	May 13, 2021
From Pen-and-Paper Man to Internet Guru	1st District Court of Appeal	Oct. 23, 2007

Title

Court

Published

The Heavy

1st Appellate District, Division 2 (San Francisco)

May 13, 2021

From Pen-and-Paper Man to Internet Guru

1st District Court of Appeal

Oct. 23, 2007

Case	Category	Published
Birdsall v. Helfet author	Contracts	Aug. 12, 2025
Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal v. City of Oakland author	Contracts	Jun. 30, 2025
People v. Lewis author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 13, 2025
Medtronic USA v. California Dept. of Tax & Fee Admin. author	Tax	Apr. 17, 2025
People v. Hill author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 3, 2025
Watts v. Pneumo Abex author	Torts	Oct. 30, 2024
In re H.B. author	Dependency	Oct. 29, 2024
A.H. v. Tamalpais Union High School Dist. dissenting	Education	Sep. 25, 2024
Fox Paine & Co., LLC v. Twin City Fire Insurance Co. author	Insurance	Sep. 6, 2024
Greisman v. FCA US, LLC author	Civil Procedure	Aug. 6, 2024
Doe v. Uber Technologies, Inc. author	Civil Procedure	Jun. 25, 2024
Modification: Wood v. San Francisco Superior Court author	Civil Procedure	Mar. 19, 2024
Wood v. San Francisco Superior Court author	Civil Procedure	Mar. 15, 2024
Conservatorship of T.B. author	Civil Procedure	Feb. 27, 2024
Abney v. State Dept. of Health Care Services author	Administrative Agencies	Feb. 1, 2024
Tornai v. CSAA Insurance Exchange author	Insurance	Jan. 11, 2024
Vann v. City and County of San Francisco author	Workers' Compensation	Dec. 12, 2023
Bondgraham v. Superior Court (City of Oakland) author	Public Records Act	Sep. 26, 2023
In re V.C. author	Dependency	Sep. 6, 2023
Barrera v. Apple American Group LLC author	Arbitration	Sep. 1, 2023
Rosenberg-Wohl v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. author	Insurance	Jul. 12, 2023
Wong v. Stillwater Insurance Co. author	Insurance	Jul. 3, 2023
People v. Lipscomb author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 29, 2022
California-American Water Co. v. Marina Coast Water Dist. author	Administrative Agencies	Dec. 28, 2022
Jenkins v. Brandt-Hawley author	Anti-SLAPP	Dec. 28, 2022
People v. Monroe author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 17, 2022
Amiodarone Cases author	Torts	Nov. 4, 2022
Davis v. Shiekh Shoes, LLC author	Arbitration	Oct. 31, 2022
Tarrar Enterprises v. Associated Indemnity Corp. author	Civil Procedure	Sep. 23, 2022
John/Jane Doe v. McLaughlin author	Civil Procedure	Sep. 22, 2022
Apple Annie, LLC v. Oregon Mutual Ins. Co. author	Insurance	Sep. 6, 2022
Victaulic Co. v. American Home Assurance Co. author	Attorneys	Jun. 28, 2022
Tiburon Open Space Committee v. County of Marin author	Environmental Law	May 16, 2022
Lincoln v. Lopez author	Civil Procedure	Apr. 27, 2022
Artus v. Gramercy Towers Condominium Assn. author	Civil Procedure	Mar. 31, 2022
Pappas v. Chang author	Contracts	Mar. 7, 2022
George v. eBay, Inc. author	Contracts	Nov. 15, 2021
Moreci v. Scaffold Solutions, Inc. author	Attorneys	Oct. 20, 2021
People v. Bankers Insurance Co. author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 29, 2021
Korchemny v. Piterman author	Contracts	Sep. 21, 2021
In re Murray author	Civil Rights	Sep. 2, 2021
Alameda County Waste Management Authority v. Waste Connections US, Inc. et al. dissenting	Utilities	Aug. 20, 2021
In re I.S. author	Juveniles	Aug. 18, 2021
Pilliod v. Monsanto Co. dissenting	Torts	Aug. 11, 2021
Modification: Gateway Bank, F.S.B. v. Metaxas author	Remedies	Jun. 29, 2021
Gateway Bank, F.S.B. v. Metaxas author	Remedies	Jun. 7, 2021
Antonopoulos v. Mid-Century Insurance Co. author	Insurance	Apr. 29, 2021
In re Murray author	statutory_interpretation	Apr. 21, 2021
People v. Southard author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 26, 2021
Husain v. California Pacific Bank author	Real Property	Mar. 10, 2021
Chen v. Paypal author	Contracts	Mar. 4, 2021
Wilmot v. Contra Costa County Employee's Retirement Association author	statutory_interpretation	Feb. 9, 2021
Szarowicz v. Birenbaum author	Torts	Dec. 8, 2020
Olson v. Lyft, Inc. author	Arbitration	Nov. 2, 2020
Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal, LLC v. City of Oakland author	Anti-SLAPP	Sep. 21, 2020
Modification: Universal Home Improvement, Inc. v. Robertson author	Remedies	Jul. 23, 2020
Altizer v. Highsmith author	Civil Procedure	Jul. 20, 2020
Universal Home Improvement, Inc. v. Robertson author	Remedies	Jun. 29, 2020
Valero Refining Co. v. Bay Area Air Quality concurring	Environmental Law	Jun. 1, 2020
City of Warren Police and Fire Retirement System v. Natera Inc. concurring	Securities	Mar. 25, 2020
Coats v. New Haven Unified School Dist. concurring	Civil Procedure	Mar. 16, 2020
Modification: Sturgell v. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife author	Environmental Law	Jan. 6, 2020
Sturgell v. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife author	Environmental Law	Dec. 10, 2019
O'Grady v. Merchant Exchange Productions, Inc. author	Labor Law	Nov. 4, 2019
Davis v. TWC Dealer Group, Inc. author	Contracts	Nov. 1, 2019
Cal200, Inc., v. Apple Valley Unified School Dist. author	Education	Oct. 22, 2019
McClain v. Kissler dissenting	Civil Procedure	Sep. 4, 2019
Du-All Safety, LLC v. Superior Court author	Civil Procedure	Apr. 22, 2019
People v. Easter author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 15, 2019
Martinez v. Public Employees' Retirement System author	Government	Apr. 8, 2019
Richmond Compassionate Care Collective v. 7 Stars Holistic Foundation author	Anti-SLAPP	Mar. 18, 2019
Design Built Systems v. Sorokine author	statutory_interpretation	Mar. 1, 2019
Richmond Compassionate Care v. 7 Stars Holistic author	Anti-SLAPP	Feb. 25, 2019
Wilmot v. Contra Costa County Employees' Retirement Assn. author	Employment Law	Dec. 5, 2018
Modification: Fischer v. Fischer author	Family Law	May 14, 2018
Fischer v. Fischer author	Family Law	Apr. 24, 2018
Victaulic Co. v. American Home Assurance Co. author	Civil Procedure	Mar. 1, 2018
Central Valley Hospitalists v. Dignity Health author	Anti-SLAPP	Jan. 11, 2018
Turley v. Familian Corp. author	Torts	Dec. 27, 2017
City of Fontana et al. v. California Department of Tax and Fee Administration author	Administrative Agencies	Nov. 30, 2017
Medley Capital Corporation v. Security National Guaranty, Inc et al. author	Torts	Nov. 15, 2017
Denton v. City and County of San Francisco author	Civil Procedure	Oct. 31, 2017
People v. Lewelling author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 18, 2017
City of Fontana v. California Dept. of Tax and Fee Administration author	Administrative Agencies	Sep. 14, 2017
Cross v. Facebook author	Anti-SLAPP	Aug. 11, 2017
Rush v. White Corp. author	Civil Procedure	Aug. 1, 2017
In re Palmer author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 27, 2017

Case

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
Confidential	Insurance	judge	Jul. 13, 2004
Steve Keppert v. Heather Maria Lazarom and Pacific Sunrise Corporation, dba Pacific Valley Financial	Personal Injury (Vehicular)	judge	Nov. 15, 1997
Begnal, et al. v. Canfield & Association, Inc., et al.	Employment Law	judge	Oct. 18, 1997

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
Confidential	Insurance	judge	Jul. 13, 2004
Steve Keppert v. Heather Maria Lazarom and Pacific Sunrise Corporation, dba Pacific Valley Financial	Personal Injury (Vehicular)	judge	Nov. 15, 1997
Begnal, et al. v. Canfield & Association, Inc., et al.	Employment Law	judge	Oct. 18, 1997

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