Judicial transitions in California throughout 2017

January

Retirements

Gail A. Andler

01/01/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court

Steven L. Perk

01/01/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court

Alan S. Rosenfeld

01/01/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Elaine Streger

01/01/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court

Gary R. Witt

01/01/17, Judge, Kern County Superior Court

Faye D'Opal

01/01/17, Judge, Marin County Superior Court

Kathleen O' Connor Diesman

01/01/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Richard Clifton Livermore

01/01/17, Judge, San Mateo County Superior Court

David E. Nelson

01/01/17, Judge, Mendocino County Superior Court

Raymond A. Cota

01/06/17, Judge, Imperial County Superior Court

Ronald S. Prager

01/06/17, Judge, San Diego County Superior Court

Roger Wayne Boren

01/31/17, Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal

Deaths

Timothy W. O'Brien

01/22/17, Judge, Mendocino County Superior Court (retired)

Michael E. Ballachey

01/26/17, Judge, Alameda County Superior Court (retired)

Elizabeth A. Riggs

01/31/17, Judge, San Diego County Superior Court (retired)

William A. Norris

1/27/17, Judge, U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (retired)

Charles R. Scarlett

01/21/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)

James L. Stevens Jr.

01/22/17, Judge, Yolo County Superior Court (retired)

Michael E. Kaiser

01/23/17, Judge, Riverside County Superior Court (retired)

Robert J. Timlin

01/17/17, Judge, U.S. District Court of California, Central District (while on bench)

February

Appointments

John D. Early

02/22/17, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court - Central District

Retirements

Teresa Guerrero-Daley

02/03/17, Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court

Dale L. Ikeda

02/20/17, Judge, Fresno County Superior Court

Frederick P. Aguirre

02/28/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court

Donald James Sullivan

02/28/17, Judge, San Francisco County Superior Court

Trevor S. White

02/28/17, Judge, Contra Costa County Superior Court

Deaths

Ross G. Tharp

02/03/17, Judge, San Diego County Superior Court (retired)

Herbert Curtis III

02/06/17, Judge, Ventura County Superior Court (retired)

Allen P. Fields

02/12/17, Judge, Sacramento County Superior Court (retired)

Joseph A. Wapner

02/26/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)

Terry King Cole

02/27/17, Judge, Stanislaus County Superior Court (retired)

March

Retirements

Christina K. Moruza

03/13/17, Judge, Alameda County Superior Court

Monica Marlow

03/15/17, Judge, Shasta County Superior Court

Nelson K. Brooks

03/24/17, Judge, El Dorado County Superior Court

Larry J. Goodman

03/28/17, Judge, Alameda County Superior Court

Thomas M. Maddock

03/31/17, Judge, Contra Costa County Superior Court

Rebecca Omens-Rochman

03/30/17, Commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Lloyd M. Nash

03/30/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Harold Joseph Mulville

03/30/17, Commissioner, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Robert Brandeis Freedman

03/31/17, Judge, Alameda County Superior Court

Deaths

Daniel A. Curry

03/09/17, Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal (retired)

John G. O'Rourke

03/09/17, Judge, Kings County Superior Court (retired)

Robert L. La Font

03/10/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)

Betty B. Deal

03/12/17, Justice, 1st District Court of Appeal (retired)

Donald B. Constine

03/13/17, Judge, San Francisco County Superior Court (retired)

Lillian May Stevens

03/17/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)

William D. Curtis

03/18/17, Judge, Monterey County Superior Court (retired)

Edward Stern

03/20/17, Judge, San Francisco County Superior Court (retired)

April

Retirements

Frederick Paul Horn

04/02/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court

David L. Minning

04/06/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Donald Dean Coleman

04/07/17, Judge, Ventura County Superior Court

Clay Maxwell Smith

04/28/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court

Mary Ann Grilli

04/28/17, Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court

Carla M. Singer

04/28/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court

Deaths

Gary W. Thomas

04/03/17, Judge, Marin County Superior Court (retired)

John W. McOwen

04/05/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court (retired)

Armando O. Rodriguez

04/05/17, Judge, Fresno County Superior Court (retired)

William H. Hartley

04/10/17, Judge, San Mateo County Superior Court (retired)

Zook Sutton

04/11/17, Judge, Alameda County Superior Court (retired)

Thomas W. Stoever

04/12/17, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)

John T. Noonan

04/16/17, Judge, 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals

Charles A. McGahan

04/23/17, Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court (retired)

May

Appointments

Carol L. Henson

05/22/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court

Antony C. Ufland

05/22/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court

Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha

05/22/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Robert Steven Harrison

05/22/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Sara J. Heidel

05/22/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Gus T. May

05/22/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Rubiya Nur

05/22/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Nancy Ramirez

05/22/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Lynn H. Scaduto

05/22/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Neetu S. Badhan-Smith

05/22/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Christopher J. Smith

05/22/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Winston Keh

05/22/17, Judge, San Bernardino County Superior Court

Antoine F. Raphael

05/22/17, Judge, San Bernardino County Superior Court

Kim E. Baskett

05/22/17, Judge, Santa Cruz County Superior Court

Tana L. Coates

05/22/17, Judge, San Luis Obispo County Superior Court

Somnath Raj Chatterjee

05/22/17, Judge, Alameda County Superior Court

Benjamin T. Reyes II

05/22/17, Judge, Contra Costa County Superior Court

Wade M. Rhyne

05/22/17, Judge, Contra Costa County Superior Court

Daryl E. Kennedy

05/22/17, Judge Shasta County Superior Court

Adam B. Ryan

05/22/17, Judge, Shasta County Superior Court

Gregory J. Elvine-Kreis

05/22/17, Judge, Humboldt County Superior Court

Gloria J. Cannon

05/22/17, Judge, Kern County Superior Court

Laura S. Woods

05/22/17, Judge, Tehama County Superior Court

Retirements

Andrew Patrick Banks

05/01/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court

Teresa Sanchez-Gordon

05/05/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Margaret S. Johnson

05/05/17, Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court

Jamoa Athena Moberly

05/15/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court

George Genesta

05/16/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Martin C. Richard

05/31/17, Judge, Lake County Superior Court

R. Carlton Seaver

05/31/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Carol Boas Goodson

05/31/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Deaths

Jerome A. Smith

05/07/17, Justice, California Court of Appeal, 1st Appellate District (retired)

Eugene Lewis Huseman

05/09/17, Judge, Santa Barbara County Superior Court (retired)

Charles P. McNutt

05/10/17, Judge, Kern County Superior Court (retired)

Richard Schauer

05/10/17, Justice, California Court of Appeal, 2nd Appellate District (retired)

David B. Walker

05/16/17, Judge, San Diego County Municipal Court (retired)

Paul Arthur Turner

05/18/17, Justice, California Court of Appeal, 2nd District (while on bench)

June

Retirements

Michele Verderosa

06/03/17, Judge, Lassen County Superior Court

Willie Lott Jr.

06/08/17, Judge, Alameda County Superior Court

Karen Joy Nudell

06/08/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Scott L. Kays

06/11/17, Judge, Solano County Superior Court

John Alexander Trice

06/15/17, Judge, San Luis Obispo County Superior Court

Francisca P. Tisher

06/16/17, Judge, Napa County Superior Court

Richard Dennis Aldrich

06/30/17, Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal

Thomas James Borris

06/30/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court

W. (William) Michael Hayes

06/30/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court

Stephen J. Kane

06/30/17, Justice, 5th District Court of Appeal

Albert H. Maldonado

06/30/17, Judge, Monterey County Superior Court

James L. Compton

N/A, Commissioner, Kern County Superior Court

Deaths

Bernard S. Selber

06/01/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)

Stephen J. Hillman

06/05/17, Chief Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court of California, Central District (retired)

Steven A. Brick

06/10/17, Judge, Alameda County Superior Court (retired)

Beauford Herbert Phelps

06/16/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)

Lucy Kelly McCabe

06/24/17, Judge, San Francisco County Superior Court (retired)

July

Retirements

James Stafford Hawkins

07/09/17, Judge, Riverside County Superior Court

Ksenia "Kay" Tsenin

07/10/17, Judge, San Francisco County Superior Court

Leland Herbert Tipton

07/31/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

James W. Hollman

07/31/17, Judge, Tulare County Superior Court

Marilyn B. Miles

07/31/17, Judge, Humboldt County Superior Court

Deaths

Richard C. Kirkpatrick

07/02/17, Judge, San Luis Obispo County Superior Court (retired)

John W. Holmdahl

07/06/17, Justice, California Court of Appeal, 1st Appellate District (retired)

Wesley R. Mason

07/12/17, Judge, San Diego County Superior Court (retired)

L. Derek Woodhouse

07/19/17, Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court (retired)

James J. Alfano

07/26/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court (retired)

Roy Wonder

07/29/17, Judge, San Francisco County Superior Court (retired)

August

Retirements

Thomas Edward Hollenhorst

08/01/17, Justice, California Court of Appeal, 4th Appellate District

Gerard S. Brown

08/01/17, Judge, San Bernardino County Superior Court

Joel M. Pressman

08/01/17, Judge, San Diego County Superior Court

Richard Allen Erwood

08/09/17, Judge, Riverside County Superior Court

Thelton E. Henderson

08/11/17, Judge, U.S. District Court of California, Northern District

Cheryl Chun Meegan

08/12/17, Judge, Sacramento County Superior Court

Diana Becton-Smith

08/14/17, Judge, Contra Costa County Superior Court

Joseph Eugene Bergeron

08/18/17, Judge, San Mateo County Superior Court

Frank Joseph Johnson

08/22/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Cynthia Ann Ludvigsen

08/31/17, Judge, San Bernardino County Superior Court

George V. Spanos

08/31/17, Judge, Contra Costa County Superior Court

Kathryn Mickle Werdegar

08/31/17, Justice, California Supreme Court

David S. Wesley

08/31/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Steven C. Bailey

08/31/17, Judge, El Dorado County Superior Court

September

Retirements

James R. Wagoner

09/01/17, Judge, El Dorado County Superior Court

Mary Fingal (Erickson) Schulte

09/05/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court

Grant Vincent Barrett

09/01/17, Judge, Calaveras County Superior Court

Dan C. Grimmer

09/15/17, Judge, Alameda County Superior Court

Nancy Davis

09/20/17, Judge, San Francisco County Superior Court

William A. Mayhew

09/25/17, Judge, Stanislaus County Superior Court

Deaths

James E. Kleaver

09/14/17, Judge, Siskiyou County Superior Court (retired)

Kenneth G. Ziebarth

09/20/17, Judge, San Bernardino County Superior Court (retired)

Brant K. Bramer

09/28/17, Commissioner, Fresno County Superior Court (retired)

October

Retirements

Alice Vilardi

10/06/17, Judge, Alameda County Superior Court

Gregory Stephen Gaul

10/06/17, Judge, Shasta County Superior Court

William D. Palmer

10/12/17, Judge, Kern County Superior Court

Colleen Toy White

10/28/17, Judge, Ventura County Superior Court

Deaths

Kenneth W. Andreen

10/06/17, Justice, 5th District Court of Appeal (retired)

Beverly Reid O'Connell

10/08/17, Judge, U.S. District Court of California, Central District (while on bench)

Leroy G. MacFarland

10/09/17, Judge, Glenn County Superior Court (retired)

Peter E. Giannini

10/12/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)

John T. Racanelli

10/12/17, Justice, 1st District Court of Appeal (retired)

Daniel Edward Creed

10/13/17, Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court (retired)

Charles S. Wilson

10/15/17, Judge, Kern County Superior Court (retired)

Charles W. Froehlich, Jr.

10/19/17, Justice, 4th District Court of Appeal (retired)

David R. Baty

10/29/17, Judge, Marin County Municipal Court (retired)

William L. Peck

10/31/17, Judge, Ventura County Superior Court (retired)

November

Appointments

Barbara A. Dickinson

11/02/17, Judge, Alameda County Superior Court

Monica R. Diaz

11/02/17, Judge, Fresno County Superior Court

Rashida A. Adams

11/02/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Brett Bianco

11/02/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Bruce E. Brodie

11/02/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Steve Cochran

11/02/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Nicole M. Heeseman

11/02/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Wesley L. Hsu

11/02/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Martha A. Matthews

11/02/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Victor G. Viramontes

11/02/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Kerry L. White

11/02/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Amy C. Yerkey

11/02/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Beth S. Jordan

11/02/17, Judge, Marin County Superior Court

Carly B. Dolan

11/02/17, Judge, Mendocino County Superior Court

Jeanne E. Schechter

11/02/17, Judge, Merced County Superior Court

Scott B. Cooper

11/02/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court

Andrew De La Cruz

11/02/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court

Katherine E. Lewis

11/02/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court

Godofredo (O.G) Magno

11/02/17, Judge, Riverside County Superior Court

Randall S. Stamen

11/02/17, Judge, Riverside County Superior Court

Michael A. Camber

11/02/17, Judge, San Bernardino County Superior Court

Michelle H. Gilleece

11/02/17, Judge, San Bernardino County Superior Court

Edlene C. McKenzie

11/02/17, Judge, San Diego County Superior Court

James E. Simmons Jr.

11/02/17, Judge, San Diego County Superior Court

Teresa M. Caffese

11/02/17, Judge, San Francisco County Superior Court

Eric R. Fleming

11/02/17, Judge, San Francisco County Superior Court

Hernaldo J. Baltodano

11/02/17, Judge, San Luis Obispo County Superior Court

Jesse J. Marino

11/02/17, Judge, San Luis Obispo County Superior Court

Nancy L. Fineman

11/02/17, Judge, San Mateo County Superior Court

Nahal Iravani-Sani

11/02/17, Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court

Jennifer V. Dollard

11/02/17, Judge, Sonoma County Superior Court

Stacy P. Speiller

11/02/17, Judge, Stanislaus County Superior Court

Robin L. Wolfe

11/02/17, Judge, Tulare County Superior Court

JoAnn Johnson

11/02/17, Commissioner, Ventura County Superior Court

Anne Harwood Egerton

11/02/17, Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal

Patricia Guerrero

11/02/17, Judge, 4th District Court of Appeal

Retirements

Heather Dethene

11/02/17, Judge, Santa Cruz County Superior Court

Edward P. Allard III

11/30/17, Judge, San Diego County Superior Court

Deaths

Nancy Hoffman

11/09/17, Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court (retired)

John P. Carroll

11/16/17, Judge, Riverside County Superior Court (retired)

Harry Pregerson

11/25/17, Senior Judge, 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (while on bench)

Philip E. Schaefer

11/27/17, Judge, San Bernardino County Superior Court (retired)

December

Appointments

Thomas Michael Goethals

12/22/17, Justice, 4th District Court of Appeal

Mary Jean Greenwood

12/22/17, Justice, 6th District Court of Appeal

Victor A. Rodriguez

12/22/17, Judge, Alameda County Superior Court

Jesus A. Rodriguez

12/22/17, Judge, Butte County Superior Court

Virginia M. George

12/22/17, Judge, Contra Costa County Superior Court

Kelly L. Neel

12/22/17, Judge, Humboldt County Superior Court

Valeria R. Chrissakis

12/22/17, Judge, Kings County Superior Court

J. David Markham

12/22/17, Judge, Lake County Superior Court

Mark R. Nareau

12/22/17, Judge, Lassen County Superior Court

Gia G. Bosley

12/22/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Susan J. De Witt

12/22/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Kristin S. Escalante 12/22/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Robert Wada

12/22/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Gregory J. Weingart

12/22/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Victoria B. Wilson

12/22/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Rafael Vazquez

12/22/17, Judge, Monterey County Superior Court

Cynthia P. Smith 12/22/17, Judge, Napa County Superior Court

Victoria D. Wood

12/22/17, Judge, Napa County Superior Court

Jeremy D. Dolnick

12/22/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court

David J. Hesseltine

12/22/17, Judge, Orange County Superior Court

Emma C. Smith

12/22/17, Judge, Riverside County Superior Court

Lauri A. Damrell

12/22/17, Judge, Sacramento County Superior Court

Shama H. Mesiwala

12/22/17, Judge, Sacramento County Superior Court

Jill H. Talley

12/22/17, Judge, Sacramento County Superior Court

Joel S. Agron

12/22/17, Judge, San Bernardino County Superior Court

Jay H. Robinson

12/22/17, Judge, San Bernardino County Superior Court

Daniel Belsky

12/22/17, Judge, San Diego County Superior Court

Richard C. Darwin

12/22/17, Judge, San Francisco County Superior Court

Matthew G. Guerrero

12/22/17, Judge, San Luis Obispo County Superior Court

Danny Y. Chou

12/22/17, Judge, San Mateo County Superior Court

Robert B. Hawk

12/22/17, Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court

Amber S. Rosen

12/22/17, Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court

Dora M. Rios

12/22/17, Judge, Solano County Superior Court

Kellee C. Westbrook

12/22/17, Judge, Stanislaus County Superior Court

Benjamin F. Coats

12/22/17, Judge, Ventura County Superior Court

Retirements

Gloria Connor Trask

12/01/17, Judge, Riverside County Superior Court

Conrad L. Rushing

12/04/17, Justice, 6th District Court of Appeal

Michael S. Williams

12/05/17, Judge, Napa County Superior Court

Alex Kozinski, Judge, 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals

12/18/17

Barbara J. Mallach

12/22/17, Judge, San Mateo County Superior Court

Deaths

Porter de Dubovay

12/01/17, Judge, Los Angeles County Municipal Court (retired)