John L. Segal

Associate Justice
California Courts of Appeal
2nd Appellate District, Division 7
Department/Division: 7

300 S Spring St Fl 2 North Tower
Los Angeles , CA 90013-1213
(213) 830-7000

Appointed to state appellate court by Gov. Jerry Brown, May 2015; Los Angeles County Superior Court judge 2000-15; attorney, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP, 1988-2000;clerk, 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 1987-88

USC Gould School of Law, 1987

Title	Court	Published
Wordsmith	2nd District Court of Appeal (Los Angeles)	Sep. 12, 2017
A Sea of Calm	Los Angeles County Superior Court	Oct. 22, 2008

Title

Court

Published

Wordsmith

2nd District Court of Appeal (Los Angeles)

Sep. 12, 2017

A Sea of Calm

Los Angeles County Superior Court

Oct. 22, 2008

Case	Category	Published
People v. Pena author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 14, 2025
Yu v. Pozniak-Rice author	Civil Procedure	Jul. 22, 2025
People v. Dixon author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 25, 2025
People v. Grajeda author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 4, 2025
Carachure v. City of Azusa author	Civil Procedure	Apr. 17, 2025
People v. Munoz author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 9, 2025
Talbott v. Ghadimi author	Civil Procedure	Mar. 20, 2025
Kaushansky v. Stonecroft Attorneys, APC concurring	Attorneys	Mar. 17, 2025
Newell v. Superior Court (Rollins) author	Trust and Estates	Dec. 23, 2024
Modification: Wawrzenski v. United Airlines author	Employment Discrimination	Dec. 12, 2024
Wawrzenski v. United Airlines author	Employment Discrimination	Nov. 13, 2024
Lathrop v. Thor Motor Coach, Inc. author	Consumer Law	Oct. 7, 2024
In re Gilberto G. author	Dependency	Sep. 13, 2024
Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Assn. v. County of Los Angeles author	Government	Jun. 24, 2024
In re Kieran S. author	Dependency	May 6, 2024
Vines v. O'Reilly Auto Enterprises author	Civil Procedure	Apr. 24, 2024
Mondragon v. Sunrun Inc. author	Arbitration	Apr. 23, 2024
Jackson v. Board of Civil Service Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles author	Civil Procedure	Feb. 9, 2024
Fitness International v. KB Salt Lake III author	Real Property	Sep. 27, 2023
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center v. Allstate Insurance Co. author	Health Care	Sep. 19, 2023
People v. Portillo concurring	Evidence	May 16, 2023
Razoumovitch v. 726 Hudson Ave. author	Torts	May 12, 2023
Childhelp, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles author	Government	May 8, 2023
Modification: People v. Henderson reversed and remanded	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 2, 2023
Brubaker v. Strum author	Family Law	Jan. 17, 2023
People v. Henderson reversed and remanded	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 17, 2022
Fajardo v. Dailey author	Torts	Nov. 11, 2022
Miller v. Dept. of Real Estate affirmed	Administrative Agencies	Oct. 17, 2022
City of Oakland v. The Oakland Raiders affirmed	Contracts	Sep. 15, 2022
Evenskaas v. California Transit, Inc. author	Arbitration	Jul. 18, 2022
Nazir v. Superior Court (People) author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 3, 2022
The Association of Deputy District Attorneys v. Gascon author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 3, 2022
Los Angeles Police Protective League v. City of Los Angeles author	Constitutional Law	May 23, 2022
SwiftAir v. Southwest Airlines author	Commercial Law	Apr. 7, 2022
In re J.C. author	Juveniles	Apr. 6, 2022
People v. Lopez author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 16, 2022
In re Abigail L. author	Juveniles	Feb. 16, 2022
Marriage of Brubaker and Strum author	Family Law	Jan. 5, 2022
In re Scarlett V. author	Immigration	Dec. 10, 2021
Doe v. Lawndale Elementary School Dist. author	Juveniles	Dec. 2, 2021
Doe v. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles author	Torts	Oct. 22, 2021
In re Y.W. author	Juveniles	Oct. 20, 2021
Schrage v. Schrage author	Corporations	Sep. 23, 2021
Guzman v. NBA Automotive, Inc. author	Employment Law	Sep. 20, 2021
Jolie v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County concurring	Judges	Jul. 26, 2021
Modification: Phipps v. Copeland Corporation author	Remedies	Jun. 11, 2021
Phipps v. Copeland Corporation author	Remedies	May 20, 2021
Modification: Lent v. California Coastal Commission author	Administrative Agencies	Apr. 19, 2021
Lent v. California Coastal Commission author	Administrative Agencies	Apr. 7, 2021
Amended Opinion: People v. Montelongo author	statutory_interpretation	Feb. 1, 2021
People v. Hernandez author	statutory_interpretation	Jan. 26, 2021
Swain v. Laseraway Medical Group author	Arbitration	Nov. 5, 2020
People v. Montelongo author	statutory_interpretation	Oct. 19, 2020
People v. Henderson author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 16, 2020
Shih v. Starbucks Corp. author	Torts	Aug. 26, 2020
People v. The North River Insurance Co. concurring	statutory_interpretation	Aug. 19, 2020
Davis v. Superior Court (Sathre) author	Civil Procedure	Jun. 17, 2020
City of Redondo Beach v. Padilla concurring	Constitutional Law	Mar. 25, 2020
In re Milton author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 5, 2019
County of Los Angeles Child Support Services Dept. v. Watson author	Family Law	Dec. 2, 2019
Doe v. Occidental College author	Evidence	Sep. 25, 2019
Alaama v. Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, Inc. author	Civil Procedure	Sep. 20, 2019
Mackovksa v. Viewcrest Road Properties LLC author	Civil Procedure	Sep. 19, 2019
People v. Suh author	Insurance	Jul. 10, 2019
Jenni Rivera Enterprises v. Latin World Entertainment author	Anti-SLAPP	Jun. 28, 2019
Global Financial Distributors v. Superior Court author	Civil Procedure	May 15, 2019
Summers v. Colette author	statutory_interpretation	Apr. 17, 2019
Cohen v. TNP 2008 Participating Notes author	Civil Procedure	Jan. 31, 2019
Zhang v. Jenevein author	Civil Procedure	Jan. 24, 2019
International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. City of Monterey Park author	Labor Law	Jan. 8, 2019
Honeycutt v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. author	Arbitration	Aug. 6, 2018
Albert v. Truck Insurance Exchange author	Insurance	May 17, 2018
Modification: People v. Billingsley author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 10, 2018
People v. Billingsley author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 4, 2018
Shahbazian v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes author	Civil Procedure	Nov. 27, 2017

Case

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
Terry J. LaRue v. Health Net of California, Inc.; Accountable Health Care IPA, A Professional Medical Corporation; Birinder S. Brara, M.D., and Does 1 through 100, inclusive	Insurance	judge	Jul. 14, 2017
Gloria George v. City of Santa Monica	Personal Injury	judge	Apr. 15, 2006
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Mar. 16, 2006
Nancy B. Schapiro v. Lisa A. Mannarino, Enterprise Rent A Car	Personal Injury	judge	Oct. 22, 2005
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Nov. 23, 2004
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Nov. 2, 2004
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Aug. 10, 2004
Elizabeth Cosin v. Dario McDonald, Regents of the University of California	Personal Injury	judge	Jul. 27, 2004
Sandra Bankhead, Henry Chumley, Sheila Gardner v. Victor Gura	Personal Injury	judge	Apr. 20, 2004
Regina Dillard v. Valet Parking Service, I Cugini Restaurant	Personal Injury	judge	Mar. 7, 2004
Sattazahn v. Golub	Landlord/Tenant	judge	Mar. 2, 2004
Donald Goldstone, Luann Murphy v. Aaliyah Dana Naughton, Estate of Aaliyah Dana Naughton, Budget Rent-A-Car	Personal Injury	judge	Nov. 4, 2003
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Oct. 26, 2003
Nancy Myers v. Ian Armstrong	Personal Injury	judge	Oct. 21, 2003
Mohamed Hodjatie, Aghdas Ghoodsi v. City of Santa Monica, Jacqueline Harris, Elizabeth Orona, Gilbert Roman	Personal Injury	judge	Aug. 26, 2003
Terrence Steckman v. Lauren Stomel	Personal Injury	judge	Aug. 12, 2003
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Jul. 29, 2003
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Jun. 17, 2003
Marquis Jackson v. Los Angeles Unified School District	Torts	Plaintiff	Aug. 12, 2000

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
Terry J. LaRue v. Health Net of California, Inc.; Accountable Health Care IPA, A Professional Medical Corporation; Birinder S. Brara, M.D., and Does 1 through 100, inclusive	Insurance	judge	Jul. 14, 2017
Gloria George v. City of Santa Monica	Personal Injury	judge	Apr. 15, 2006
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Mar. 16, 2006
Nancy B. Schapiro v. Lisa A. Mannarino, Enterprise Rent A Car	Personal Injury	judge	Oct. 22, 2005
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Nov. 23, 2004
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Nov. 2, 2004
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Aug. 10, 2004
Elizabeth Cosin v. Dario McDonald, Regents of the University of California	Personal Injury	judge	Jul. 27, 2004
Sandra Bankhead, Henry Chumley, Sheila Gardner v. Victor Gura	Personal Injury	judge	Apr. 20, 2004
Regina Dillard v. Valet Parking Service, I Cugini Restaurant	Personal Injury	judge	Mar. 7, 2004
Sattazahn v. Golub	Landlord/Tenant	judge	Mar. 2, 2004
Donald Goldstone, Luann Murphy v. Aaliyah Dana Naughton, Estate of Aaliyah Dana Naughton, Budget Rent-A-Car	Personal Injury	judge	Nov. 4, 2003
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Oct. 26, 2003
Nancy Myers v. Ian Armstrong	Personal Injury	judge	Oct. 21, 2003
Mohamed Hodjatie, Aghdas Ghoodsi v. City of Santa Monica, Jacqueline Harris, Elizabeth Orona, Gilbert Roman	Personal Injury	judge	Aug. 26, 2003
Terrence Steckman v. Lauren Stomel	Personal Injury	judge	Aug. 12, 2003
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Jul. 29, 2003
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Jun. 17, 2003
Marquis Jackson v. Los Angeles Unified School District	Torts	Plaintiff	Aug. 12, 2000

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