Mark B. Simons

Associate Justice
California Courts of Appeal
1st Appellate District, Division 5
Department/Division: 5

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

Appointed to 1st District Court of Appeal by Gov. Gray Davis, 2000; judge, Contra Costa County Superior Court, 1995-2000; judge, Contra Costa County Municipal Court, 1980-95; assistant public defender, Contra Costa County, 1973-1980; associate, Cooley, Crowley, Gaither, Godward, Castro & Huddleson, San Francisco, 1971-73

University of Chicago Law School, 1970

Title	Court	Published
Inquisitive Interrogator	1st District Court of Appeal (San Francisco)	Apr. 10, 2018
San Francisco Appellate Justice Described as a Scholar With a Soul	1st District Court of Appeal	Dec. 11, 2008

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Court

Published

Inquisitive Interrogator

1st District Court of Appeal (San Francisco)

Apr. 10, 2018

San Francisco Appellate Justice Described as a Scholar With a Soul

1st District Court of Appeal

Dec. 11, 2008

Case	Category	Published
Move Eden Housing v. City of Livermore author	Municipal Law	Oct. 8, 2025
Hernandez v. Superior Court (People) author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 25, 2025
Thacker v. City of Fairfield author	Municipal Law	Aug. 29, 2025
People v. Terwilligar author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 10, 2025
Alameda County Taxpayers' Assn. v. County of Alameda author	Tax	Feb. 3, 2025
West Contra Costa Unified School Dist. v. Superior Court (A.M.M.) author	Government	Aug. 1, 2024
Doe v. California Dept. of Motor Vehicles author	Administrative Agencies	Jun. 24, 2024
People v. Berlin author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 29, 2024
People v. Koontzy author	Remedies	Apr. 26, 2024
Modification: Move Eden Housing v. City of Livermore author	Government	Mar. 18, 2024
Move Eden Housing v. City of Livermore author	Government	Mar. 7, 2024
Myasnyankin v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. author	Insurance	Jan. 31, 2024
People v. Gomez author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 15, 2023
Colvis v. Binswanger author	probate_and_trusts	Oct. 16, 2023
Lacy v. City and County of San Francisco author	Municipal Law	Aug. 8, 2023
Coalition on Homelessness v. City and County of San Francisco author	Constitutional Law	Jul. 24, 2023
Thai v. International Business Machines Corp. author	Employment Law	Jul. 11, 2023
Young v. RemX Specialty Staffing author	Employment Law	May 10, 2023
People v. Fredrickson author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 25, 2023
People v. Saucedo author	Evidence	Apr. 14, 2023
Torres v. San Francisco Assessment Appeals Bd. author	Tax	Mar. 28, 2023
Breathe So. California v. American Lung Association author	probate_and_trusts	Mar. 3, 2023
People v. Maldonado author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 31, 2023
Vaughn v. Tesla, Inc. author	Arbitration	Jan. 4, 2023
People v. Maldonado author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 9, 2022
Rycz v. Superior Court (McGarry) author	Civil Procedure	Jul. 29, 2022
Broome v. The Regents of the University of California author	Contracts	Jun. 28, 2022
Estate of Eskra author	Contracts	May 5, 2022
Perez v. City and County of San Francisco author	Employment Law	Mar. 3, 2022
D.C. v. Superior Court (People) author	Juveniles	Nov. 11, 2021
SEIU-USWW v. Preferred Building Services, Inc. author	Labor Law	Oct. 19, 2021
Harris v. Thomas Dee Engineering Co., Inc. author	Torts	Sep. 7, 2021
Harris v. Thomas Dee Engineering Co., Inc. author	Civil Procedure	Aug. 5, 2021
People v. Wilson author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 22, 2021
Bullseye Telecom, Inc. v. California Public Utilities Commission author	Administrative Agencies	Jul. 8, 2021
Pillar Project AG v. Payward Ventures, Inc author	Arbitration	May 26, 2021
People v. Walker author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 10, 2021
Modification: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. v. City and County of San Francisco author	Tax	Feb. 24, 2021
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. v. City and County of San Francisco author	Tax	Jan. 29, 2021
Modification: Alfaro v. Superior Court (People) author	Civil Procedure	Dec. 31, 2020
Alfaro v. Superior Court (People) author	Civil Procedure	Dec. 11, 2020
People v. Joaquin author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 7, 2020
People v. Griffin author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 2, 2020
Williams v. County of Sonoma author	Torts	Sep. 30, 2020
Bullock v. Superior Court (People) author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 29, 2020
In re S.J. author	Juveniles	Jun. 19, 2020
Spikener v. Ally Financial, Inc. author	Consumer Law	Jun. 11, 2020
Hernandez v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles author	statutory_interpretation	Jun. 4, 2020
People v. Smith author	statutory_interpretation	May 28, 2020
People v. Smolkin author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 22, 2020
People v. Wilkes author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 30, 2020
People ex rel. Becerra v. Shine concurring	Civil Procedure	Mar. 13, 2020
Modification: United Artists Theater Circuit v. Regional Water Quality Control Board author	Environmental Law	Dec. 20, 2019
Riley v. Alameda County Sheriff's Office author	Government	Dec. 19, 2019
Luke v. Sonoma County author	Civil Procedure	Dec. 16, 2019
People v. Gonzalez author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 9, 2019
United Artists Theater Circuit v. Regional Water Quality Control Board author	Environmental Law	Dec. 3, 2019
People v. Coneal author	Evidence	Nov. 8, 2019
People v. Carranza author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 2, 2019
In re A.M. author	Juveniles	Aug. 8, 2019
People v. Alexander author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 27, 2019
Raney v. Cerkueira author	Real Property	Jun. 19, 2019
Sonoma Media Investments, LLC v. Superior Court author	Anti-SLAPP	Apr. 10, 2019
Modification: Sonoma Media Investments, LLC v. Superior Court author	Anti-SLAPP	Apr. 10, 2019
In re J.C. author	Juveniles	Apr. 1, 2019
Connelly v. Bornstein author	Attorneys	Apr. 1, 2019
In re L.R. author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 20, 2019
Ditzian v. Unger author	Real Property	Jan. 28, 2019
Duffey v. Tender Heart Home Care Agency author	Labor Law	Jan. 15, 2019
Modacure v. B&B Vehicle Processing, Inc. author	Constitutional Law	Dec. 27, 2018
Marriage of Martindale & Ochoa author	Family Law	Dec. 17, 2018
Pagnini v. Union Bank, N.A. author	Civil Procedure	Oct. 19, 2018
Moen v. The Regents of the University of California author	Civil Procedure	Aug. 3, 2018
In re Carlos J. author	Juveniles	Apr. 12, 2018
People v. Dillard author	Constitutional Law	Apr. 2, 2018
San Francisco Apartment Assn. v. City and County of San Francisco author	Government	Feb. 16, 2018
People v. Steward author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 13, 2018
Mora v. Webcor Construction, L.P. author	Labor Law	Feb. 7, 2018
Estate of Reed author	probate_and_trusts	Nov. 9, 2017
Surfrider Foundation v. Martins Beach 1 LLC author	Environmental Law	Aug. 11, 2017

Case

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
The Nippon Credit Bank, Ltd. v. 1333 North California Boulevard, Sunset Ridge Company, Inc., Sanford Diller, et al.	Real Property	judge	Aug. 22, 1998
Harold Hutson v. Farmers Insurance Exchange	Insurance	judge	Mar. 21, 1998

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
The Nippon Credit Bank, Ltd. v. 1333 North California Boulevard, Sunset Ridge Company, Inc., Sanford Diller, et al.	Real Property	judge	Aug. 22, 1998
Harold Hutson v. Farmers Insurance Exchange	Insurance	judge	Mar. 21, 1998

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