Judges and Judiciary
Jan. 2, 2019
Judge elections, appointments, retirements and deaths in 2018
Elected
Maria L. Armendariz
06/05 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (subsequently appointed)
Matthew Brower
11/06 Judge, San Diego County Superior Court
Tony Cho
11/06 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Timothy Covello
06/05 Judge, San Luis Obispo County Superior Court
Troy G. Davis
06/05 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Danielle R.A. Gibbons
06/05 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (subsequently appointed)
Rene C. Gilbertson
06/05 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (subsequently appointed)
Shanda Harry
11/06 Judge, Lake County Superior Court
Cindy S. Hendrickson
06/05 Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court
Timothy J. Hollenhorst
06/05 Judge, Riverside County Superior Court (subsequently appointed)
Patricia Hunter
11/06 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Todd D. Irby
07/20 Judge, Placer County Superior Court (subsequently appointed)
Monica Lepe-Negrete
11/06 Judge, Imperial County Superior Court
Chad A. Louie
06/05 Judge, Kern County Superior Court
Derek Malan
06/05 Judge, Ventura County Superior Court
Javier Perez
11/06 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Jose "Omar" Rodriguez
11/06 Judge, San Benito County Superior Court
Anthony J. Sabo
06/05 Judge, Ventura County Superior Court
Veronica Sauceda
11/06 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Wendy Segall
06/05 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Emily T. Spear
06/05 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Recalled
06/07 Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court
Voted out of office
11/06 Judge, San Diego County Superior Court
Appointed
Charles F. Adams
10/11 Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court
Michael R. Amerian
02/27 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Johnnetta E. Anderson
12/07 Judge, Riverside County Superior Court
Armenuhi A. Ashvanian
02/27 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Craig S. Barnes
10/11 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Wendy M. Behan
12/07 Judge, San Diego County Superior Court
02/27 Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal
Emily A. Benjamini
10/11 Judge, Riverside County Superior Court
Eran M. Bermudez
10/26 Judge, Imperial County Superior Court
James Blancarte
12/14 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Colin T. Bowen
12/17 Judge, Alameda County Superior Court
11/21 Justice, 1st District Court of Appeal
Jody M. Burgess
02/27 Judge, Shasta County Superior Court
Joseph J. Burghardt
12/07 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Gordon B. Burns
11/27 Justice, 1st District Court of Appeal
Daniel J. Calabretta
11/29 Judge, Sacramento County Superior Court
Timothy A. Canning
06/01 Judge, Humboldt County Superior Court
Erin G. Castillo
11/02 Commissioner, San Joaquin County Superior Court
Wendy Chang
06/01 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Shereen J. Charlick
10/26 Judge, San Diego County Superior Court
Shauna L. Chastain
06/01 Judge, Solano County Superior Court
Manjari Chawla
08/28 Hearing Judge, State Bar Court
Jason B. Chin
10/29 Judge, Alameda County Superior Court
Rene A. Chouteau
12/17 Judge, Sonoma County Superior Court
Ashfaq (Ron) G. Chowdhury
02/27 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Robert G. Chu
06/27 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Frederick S. Chung
10/11 Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court
Jason Clay
02/27 Judge, Alameda County Superior Court
Wendy McGuire Coats
12/07 Judge, Contra Costa County Superior Court
Kaleb V. Cockrum
02/27 Judge, Humboldt County Superior Court
Syda K. Cogliati
10/26 Judge, Santa Cruz County Superior Court
Jeffrey S. Cohen-Laurie,
11/29 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
H. Shaina Colover
11/29 Judge, Orange County Superior Court
Daniel M. Crowley
11/29 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
William A. Crowfoot
06/01 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
11/27 Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal
06/01 Justice, 6th District Court of Appeal
Laura J. Davis
11/29 Judge, Sutter County Superior Court
Ana I. de Alba
10/11 Judge, Fresno County Superior Court
Von T. Nguyen Deroian
06/27 Judge, Santa Barbara County Superior Court
06/27 Justice, 5th District Court of Appeal
07/20 Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal
Joginder Dhillon,
12/07 Judge, Sacramento County Superior Court
Truc T. Do
02/27 Judge, San Diego County Superior Court
David E. Driscoll
07/20 Judge, San Bernardino County Superior Court
Christopher W. Dybwad
06/01 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Tom M. Dyer
12/17 Judge, Yolo County Superior Court
Diego H. Edber
10/11 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Randy L. Edwards
10/26 Judge, Kings County Superior Court
Alicia R. Ekland
10/11 Judge, Glenn County Superior Court
Miguel T. Espinoza
07/20 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Jill T. Feeney
10/11 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Kenneth J. Fernandez
10/11 Judge, Riverside County Superior Court
06/01 Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal
Therese M. Foley
11/29 Judge, Kern County Superior Court
Loren G. Freestone
07/20 Judge, San Diego County Superior Court
Carin T. Fujisaki
10/26 Justice, 1st District Court of Appeal
Emily S. Garcia Uhrig
06/27 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Jennifer R. Gerard
07/20 Judge, Riverside County Superior Court
Alexander C.D. Giza
11/29 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Danette J. Gómez
02/27 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Alexandra Robert Gordon
10/26 Judge, San Francisco County Superior Court
02/27 Administrative Presiding Justice, 6th District Court of Appeal
11/14 Justice, California Supreme Court
Amy K. Guerra
10/11 Judge, Fresno County Superior Court
Kimberley B. Guillemet
02/27 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Sabina A. Helton
10/11 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Scott R. Herin
10/29 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Cynthia M. Herrera
02/27 Judge, Orange County Superior Court
Eric L. Heryford
06/01 Judge, Trinity County Superior Court
Christopher M. Honigsberg
02/27 Judge, Sonoma County Superior Court
Altus W. Hudson
06/01 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Anne Hwang
12/07 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Audra Ibarra
12/07 Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court
Susan M. Jakubowski
07/20 Judge, San Mateo County Superior Court
Stephanie G. Jones
12/07 Judge, Solano County Superior Court
Jeffrey C. Kauffman
10/11 Judge, Solano County Superior Court
Eric A. Keen
10/11 Judge, Riverside County Superior Court
Michael C. Kelley
10/29 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Mary E. Kelly
11/29 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
07/20 Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal
Michelle C. Kim
06/01 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Kimberly A. Knill
02/27 Judge, Orange County Superior Court
Peter A. Krause
10/26 Justice, 3rd District Court of Appeal
Monique Langhorne
11/29 Judge, Napa County Superior Court
Sandy N. Leal
12/17 Judge, Orange County Superior Court
Amarra A. Lee
10/26 Judge, San Mateo County Superior Court
Eumi K. Lee
12/07 Judge, Alameda County Superior Court
Jayne Chong-Soon Lee
11/02 Commissioner, San Joaquin County Superior Court
12/18 U.S. magistrate judge, Southern District of California
Joan M. Lewis
12/07 Judge, San Diego County Superior Court
Terrance T. Lewis
06/01 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Rita F. Lin
06/27 Judge, San Francisco County Superior Court
Kristina B. Lindquist
12/14 Judge, Sacramento County Superior Court
Joseph M. Lipner
02/27 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Kerri M. Lopez
06/01 Judge, Tulare County Superior Court
Debra L. Losnick
06/01 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Carolina V. Lugo
10/11 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Linda Lye
10/26 Judge, Contra Costa County Superior Court
Alison M. Mackenzie
07/20 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
07/20 Presiding Justice, Division Four, 2nd District Court of Appeal
Leonard E. Marquez
02/27 Judge, Contra Costa County Superior Court
Timothy Martella
12/14 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Thomas S. McConville
02/27 Judge, Orange County Superior Court
Theresa R. McGonigle
10/29 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Ronda J. McKaig
07/20 Judge, Ventura County Superior Court
Patrick R. McKinney II
12/14 Judge, Alameda County Superior Court
Dorothy McLaughlin
06/01 Judge, Riverside County Superior Court
Marcella O. McLaughlin
02/27 Judge, San Diego County Superior Court
Michael J. McLaughlin
10/11 Judge, El Dorado County Superior Court
Michael B. McNaughton
10/26 Judge, San Francisco County Superior Court
10/26 Justice, 4th District Court of Appeal
12/18 Hearing Judge, State Bar Court
Laura H. Miller
12/07 Judge, San Diego County Superior Court
Carl H. Moor
02/27 Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal
Russell L. Moore
02/27 Riverside County Superior Court
Audra M. Mori
02/27 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Cherol J. Nellon
10/26 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Jean M. Nelson
06/01 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Gregory J. Olson
02/27 Judge, Riverside County Superior Court
Brenda J. Penny
10/11 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Evette D. Pennypacker
06/27 Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court
Michael E. Perez
10/26 Judge, Orange County Superior Court
Jamie L. Pesce
10/11 Judge, El Dorado County Superior Court
11/21 Associate Justice, 1st District Court of Appeal
Barbara Phelan
06/27 Judge, Sonoma County Superior Court
Stephen M. Place
06/01 Judge, Inyo County Superior Court
10/26 Presiding Justice, Division Three, 1st District Court of Appeal
Michael R. Powell
10/11 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Douglas M. Prouty
02/27 Judge, Plumas County Superior Court
Maria Puente-Porras
06/27 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Gregory A. Pulskamp
06/01 Judge, Kern County Superior Court
Mark A. Ralphs
02/27 Judge, El Dorado County Superior Court
07/20 Justice, 4th District Court of Appeal
Sheila O. Recio
07/20 Judge, Orange County Superior Court
James R. Reilly
02/27 Judge, Alameda County Superior Court
David K. Reinert
11/29 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Dale A. Reinholtsen
12/31 Judge, Humboldt County Superior Court
Anne K. Richardson
10/11 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Gary D. Roberts
06/27 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Jonathan L. Rosenbloom
06/01 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
11/27 Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal
Panteha E. Saban
10/11 Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court
Gabriel P. Sanchez
10/26 Justice, 1st District Court of Appeal
Maurice Sanchez
10/29 Judge, Orange County Superior Court
David M. Sanders
06/27 Judge, Calaveras County Superior Court
Sonny S. Sandhu
10/11 Judge, Stanislaus County Superior Court
Timothy J. Schmal
02/27 Judge, Santa Cruz County Superior Court
Richard L. Seabolt
06/01 Judge, Alameda County Superior Court
Amy L. Sekany
02/27 Judge, Alameda County Superior Court
Jana M. Seng
10/26 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Robert Serna
10/11 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Shelly A. Seymour
10/11 Judge, Merced County Superior Court
Saba Sheibani
02/27 Judge, San Diego County Superior Court
Michelle Short
10/11 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Samah Shouka
12/14 Judge, Riverside County Superior Court
Steven K. Slocum
10/11 Judge, Merced County Superior Court
06/27 Justice, 5th District Court of Appeal
John R. Soldati
10/11 San Joaquin County Superior Court
Peter K. Southworth
12/07 Judge, Sacramento County Superior Court
Carrie M. Stephens
07/20 Interim Judge, Stanislaus County Superior Court
Rodney G. Stone
12/04 Judge, Napa County Superior Court
07/20 Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal
Lisa S. Tamashiro Coen
12/07 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Holly A. Thomas
11/29 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Stephanie E. Thornton-Harris
06/01 Judge, San Bernardino County Superior Court
07/20 Justice, 1st District Court of Appeal
Mark A. Urioste
12/17 Judge, Sonoma County Superior Court
Jessica A. Uzcategui
11/29 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Christine Van Aken
07/20 Judge, San Francisco County Superior Court
Carlos Varela
10/11 Judge, San Diego County Superior Court
Nhan T. Vu
06/27 Judge, Orange County Superior Court
Timothy Weiner
10/11 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Jenna M. Whitman
06/01 Judge, Alameda County Superior Court
11/27 Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal
Peter M. Williams
12/17 Judge, Yolo County Superior Court
William Y. Wood
06/01 Judge, San Diego County Superior Court
Scott R. L. Young
12/17 Judge, Napa County Superior Court
Rohanee Zapanta
12/07 Judge, San Diego County Superior Court
Helen Zukin
06/01 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Retirements
11/29 Judge, Sutter County Superior Court
04/30 Judge, Ventura County Superior Court
03/07 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
01/21 Judge, Yolo County Superior Court
03/05 Judge, Solano County Superior Court
08/03 Judge, Stanislaus County Superior Court
11/30 Justice, 1st District Court of Appeal
07/31 Judge, Ventura County Superior Court
02/20 Judge, Sacramento County Superior Court
02/15 Judge, Kern County Superior Court
Timothy P. Cissna
01/30 Judge, Humboldt County Superior Court
02/28 Judge, Orange County Superior Court
02/15 Judge, Riverside County Superior Court
10/31 Justice, 1st District Court of Appeal
Robert A. Dukes
10/30 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
07/03 Judge, San Mateo County Superior Court
06/15 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
03/07 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
John T. Feeney
02/28 Judge, Humboldt County Superior Court
05/01 Judge, Santa Barbara County Superior Court
N/A, Judge, Sacramento County Superior Court
10/30 Judge, Kern County Superior Court
01/26 Judge, Alameda County Superior Court
07/30 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
03/28 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
06/01 Judge, Contra Costa County Superior Court
08/03 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
09/03 Judge, Alameda County Superior Court
Kerry W. Hamor
07/12 Judge, San Diego County Superior Court
11/09 Judge, San Diego County Superior Court
01/12 Judge, Alameda County Superior Court
03/02 Judge, Riverside County Superior Court
08/01 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
07/26 Judge, Alameda County Superior Court
08/01 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
01/12 Judge, Solano County Superior Court
03/31 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Elizabeth W. Johnson
01/17 Judge, Trinity County Superior Court
07/01 Judge, Placer County Superior Court
09/14 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Harry S. Kinnicutt
02/28 Judge, Solano County Superior Court
09/28 Commissioner, Orange County Superior Court
04/16 Judge, Sacramento County Superior Court
Barry T. LaBarbera
03/30 Judge, San Luis Obispo County Superior Court
Kenji Machida
05/04 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
03/26 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
05/02 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
10/30 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
12/18 Hearing Judge, State Bar Court
Donald F. Miles
09/11 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
06/01 Judge, Contra Costa County Superior Court
Donald S. Mitchell
03/21 Judge, San Francisco County Superior Court
04/09 Judge, Alameda County Superior Court
02/28 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
01/02 Justice, 3rd District Court of Appeal
11/14 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
01/31 Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court
11/30 Judge, Riverside County Superior Court
10/16 Associate Justice, 1st District Court of Appeal
Carol Henry Rehm, Jr.
03/01 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
07/05 Judge, San Francisco County Superior Court
01/28 Judge, Butte County Superior Court
01/15 Justice, 1st District Court of Appeal
03/31 Justice, 1st District Court of Appeal
N/A, Judge, Stanislaus County Superior Court
02/15 Judge, San Diego County Superior Court
02/16 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
05/01 Judge, Riverside County Superior Court
Timothy J. Stafford
09/30 Judge, Orange County Superior Court
Dean T. Stout
06/01 Judge, Inyo County Superior Court
Cynda R. Unger
04/30 Judge, Solano County Superior Court
02/12 Judge, San Joaquin County Superior Court
Sharon J. Waters
12/18 Judge, Riverside County Superior Court
11/05 Judge, Yolo County Superior Court
Charles A. Wieland
08/31 Judge, Madera County Superior Court
Deaths
Jacob Adajian
01/27 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)
10/07 Judge, Santa Cruz County Superior Court
Armand Arabian
03/28 Justice, California Supreme Court (retired)
Jay R. Ballantyne
06/18 Justice, 5th District Court of Appeal (retired)
01/15 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)
Victoria E. Cameron
10/22 Judge, Riverside County Superior Court
Philip R. Castellucci
03/27 Judge, Merced County Superior Court (retired)
Federico Castro
05/29 Judge, San Diego County Superior Court (retired)
Robert D. Chapman
05/23 Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court (retired)
08/29 U.S. District Judge, Northern District of California (retired)
Thomas N. Douglass, Jr.
09/23 Judge, Riverside County Superior Court (retired)
06/26 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)
01/12 Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal (retired)
Terry M. Finney
11/07 Judge, El Dorado County Superior Court (retired)
Leon P. Fox
01/04 Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court (retired)
03/06 Justice, 5th District Court of Appeal
John C. Gunn
07/25 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)
John L. Henning
02/24 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)
Don F. Howard
06/19 Judge, Amador County Municipal Court (retired)
Arthur W. Jones
01/24 Judge, San Diego County Superior Court (retired)
Janet B. Karesh
01/09 Judge, San Francisco County Superior Court (retired)
Daniel Kaufmann
11/26 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)
William B. Keene
01/10 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)
Kenneth R. Kingsbury
09/15 Judge, Alameda County Superior Court (retired)
Richard G. Kolostian
06/09 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)
Betty L. Lamoreaux
11/30 Judge, Orange County Superior Court (retired)
Christian E. Markey Jr.
01/29 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)
Samuel H. Mesnick
02/05 Judge, Contra Costa County Superior Court (retired)
Romero J. Moench
10/28 Judge, Kern County Superior Court (retired)
12/12 Justice, 1st District Court of Appeal (retired)
John L. Nichols
06/29 Judge, Los Angeles Municipal Court (retired)
06/14 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)
01/03 Judge, Los Angeles Municipal Court (retired)
Edwin M. Osborne
09/08 Judge, Ventura County Superior Court (retired)
J. B. Phelps
06/15 Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court (retired)
Donald F. Pitts
06/23 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)
04/02 Justice, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Bernard E. Revak
02/17 Judge, San Diego County Superior Court (retired)
John H. Sandoz
06/01 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)
Philip V. Sarkisian
02/24 Judge, Alameda County Superior Court (retired)
Christopher J. Sheldon
03/29 Judge, Riverside County Superior Court (retired)
Donald B. Squires
07/03 Judge, Alameda County Superior Court (retired)
02/18 Judge, San Bernardino County Superior Court
Bruce W. Sumner
03/25 Judge, Orange County Superior Court (retired)
Jacqueline Taber
11/23 Judge, Alameda County Superior Court (retired)
Donald A. Thomas
03/21 Judge, Monterey County Municipal Court (retired)
Jacquelyn D. Thomason
08/14 Judge, Orange County Municipal Court (retired)
08/08 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
09/06 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)
06/06 Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court (retired)
John G. Whiteside
07/18 Judge, Stanislaus County Superior Court (retired)
Diane E. Wick
07/17 Judge, San Francisco County Superior Court (retired)
Mriam E. Wolff
08/27 Judge, Santa Clara County Municipal Court (retired)
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