Frances Rothschild

Presiding Justice
California Courts of Appeal
2nd Appellate District, Division 1
Department/Division: 1

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

Elevate to presiding justice by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2014; Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal, Div. 1, Los Angeles, 2005-14; Los Angeles County Superior Court judge, 1978-2005; Los Angeles Municipal Court judge, 1975-78; of counsel, Bodle, Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt & Rothschild, 1972-75; attorney, Office of General Counsel, California State University and Colleges, 1968-72; associate, Bodle, Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt & Rothschild, 1967-68; research attorney, 2nd District Court of Appeal justice Shirley Hufstedler, Div. 5, 1966-67

UCLA School of Law

Title	Court	Published
Advancing the Law	2nd District Court of Appeal	Jan. 13, 2021
Justice Frances Rothschild	2nd District Court of Appeal	Jul. 16, 1993

Title

Court

Published

Advancing the Law

2nd District Court of Appeal

Jan. 13, 2021

Justice Frances Rothschild

2nd District Court of Appeal

Jul. 16, 1993

Case	Category	Published
Ayach et al. v. The Regents of the University of California author	Education	May 29, 2024
People v. Fay author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 29, 2024
Asiryan v. Medical Staff of Glendale Adventist Medical Center author	Health Care	Mar. 20, 2024
In re Duong author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 30, 2024
People v. Pickett author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 24, 2023
Brown v. City of Inglewood author	Anti-SLAPP	Jun. 30, 2023
In re Van Houten dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 30, 2023
Bidari v. Kelk author	Torts	Apr. 28, 2023
Greenwood v. City of Los Angeles author	Government	Mar. 28, 2023
Rocha v. U-Haul Co. of California author	Arbitration	Feb. 3, 2023
Chui v. Chui author	probate_and_trusts	Dec. 23, 2022
Patel v. Chavez author	Civil Procedure	Nov. 23, 2022
Karton v. Musick, Peeler, Garrett LLP author	Torts	Oct. 4, 2022
Guardianship of Saul H. reversed	Immigration	Aug. 15, 2022
Martinez v. Cot'n Wash, Inc. author	Disability Discrimination	Aug. 2, 2022
Francis v. City of Los Angeles author	Employment Law	Jul. 25, 2022
Barber v. Southern California Edison Company author	Torts	Jun. 27, 2022
Jane Doe No. 1 v. Uber Technologies, Inc. author	Torts	Jun. 2, 2022
In re Allison B. author	Juveniles	Jun. 1, 2022
AIDS Healthcare Foundation v. City of Los Angeles author	Government	May 4, 2022
AIDS Healthcare Foundation et al. v. City of Los Angeles (CEQA) author	Government	May 2, 2022
In re Christopher L. affirmed	Juveniles	Apr. 26, 2022
People v. Canedos author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 15, 2022
Modification: Chui v. Chui author	probate_and_trusts	Mar. 30, 2022
Chui v. Chui author	probate_and_trusts	Mar. 7, 2022
People v. Flint author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 28, 2022
In re S.S. author	Juveniles	Feb. 28, 2022
Modification: People v. Sek author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 24, 2022
People v. Sek author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 3, 2022
Guttman v. Guttman author	Business Law	Dec. 6, 2021
In re S.G. author	Juveniles	Nov. 17, 2021
Modification: Guardianship of S.H.R. author	Juveniles	Sep. 30, 2021
Guardianship of S.H.R. author	Juveniles	Sep. 7, 2021
Modification: People v. Lewis reversed and remanded	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 27, 2021
In re Parks author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 5, 2021
People v. Bryant affirmed	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 30, 2021
People v. Lewis reversed and remanded	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 27, 2021
Manela v. Stone author	Business Law	Jul. 6, 2021
In re Woods author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 6, 2021
In re J.N. author	Dependency	Apr. 6, 2021
In re I.R. author	Dependency	Mar. 4, 2021
Dept. of Finance v. Commission on State Mandates author	statutory_interpretation	Jan. 6, 2021
Aghaian v. Minassian author	Civil Procedure	Jan. 5, 2021
Shirvanyan v. Los Angeles Community College author	Employment Discrimination	Dec. 31, 2020
Modification: In re Christopher L. author	Dependency	Nov. 27, 2020
Modification: In re Christopher L. author	Dependency	Nov. 16, 2020
In re Christopher L. author	Dependency	Nov. 4, 2020
Modification: People v. Allison author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 23, 2020
People v. Allison author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 6, 2020
Flagship Theatres of Palm Desert, LLC v. Century Theatres, Inc. author	Antitrust	Oct. 6, 2020
People v. Duke author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 30, 2020
People v. DeCasas author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 21, 2020
Flagship Theatres of Palm Desert, LLC v. Century Theatres, Inc. author	Antitrust	Sep. 4, 2020
People v. Murillo author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 3, 2020
Starks v. Vortex Industries author	Civil Procedure	Aug. 27, 2020
People v. Galvan author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 6, 2020
In re J.M. author	Dependency	Jun. 22, 2020
In re K.T. author	Dependency	May 15, 2020
VVA-TWO, LLC v. Impact Development Group, LLC author	Arbitration	May 14, 2020
Patel v. Chavez author	Anti-SLAPP	May 6, 2020
People v. Triplett author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 6, 2020
People v. Offley author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 4, 2020
Mikhaeilpoor v. BMW of North America, LLC concurring	Civil Procedure	Apr. 28, 2020
In re Austin J. author	Juveniles	Apr. 17, 2020
Amgen Inc. v. Health Care Services concurring	Health Care	Apr. 13, 2020
Donkin v. Donkin author	probate_and_trusts	Apr. 7, 2020
Moofly Productions, LLC v. Favila author	Civil Procedure	Mar. 6, 2020
People v. Torres author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 10, 2020
People v. Lewis author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 8, 2020
Bom v. Superior Court (Los Angeles) author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 8, 2020
Canyon View Ltd. v. Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC author	Real Property	Dec. 6, 2019
In re I.I. author	Juveniles	Dec. 5, 2019
People v. Bryant author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 3, 2019
County of Los Angeles v. Christopher W. author	Family Law	Nov. 5, 2019
People v. Cadena author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 29, 2019
People v. Abdullah author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 5, 2019
Grafilo v. Wolfsohn author	Health Care	Apr. 4, 2019
Harmony Gold U.S.A., Inc. v. County of Los Angeles author	Tax	Feb. 1, 2019
JMS Air Conditioning etc. v. Santa Monica Community College author	Administrative Agencies	Jan. 7, 2019
People v. Tseng author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 18, 2018
Modification: Lat v. Farmers New World Life Ins. Co. author	Insurance	Nov. 19, 2018
Lat v. Farmers New World Life Ins. Co. author	Insurance	Oct. 18, 2018
Schulz v. Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc. author	Attorneys	Oct. 4, 2018
Moofly Productions v. Favila author	Civil Procedure	Jun. 28, 2018
Modification: Guan v. Hu author	Contracts	Feb. 8, 2018
Machavia, Inc. v. County of Los Angeles et al. author	Tax	Jan. 29, 2018
Guan v. Hu author	Contracts	Jan. 17, 2018
In re A.L. author	Juveniles	Jan. 2, 2018
Los Angeles Conservancy v. City of West Hollywood author	Environmental Law	Dec. 27, 2017
ITV Gurney Holdings Inc. v. Gurney author	Civil Procedure	Dec. 7, 2017
Marriage of Dalgleish and Selvaggio author	Family Law	Dec. 4, 2017
People v. Watts concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 16, 2017
City of West Hollywood v. Kihagi dissenting	Real Property	Oct. 30, 2017
Ramirez v. City of Gardena concurring	Immunity	Aug. 25, 2017
Okorie v. Los Angeles Unified School District dissenting	Anti-SLAPP	Aug. 18, 2017
Harshad & Nasir Corp. v. Global Sign Systems author	Arbitration	Aug. 17, 2017

Case

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
Regina White v. Network Telephone Services Inc., David Calvert	Employment Law	judge	Jul. 20, 2004
Alice Garcia v. Brick Container Corporation, George Shumaker	Employment Law	judge	Apr. 27, 2004
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Jan. 4, 2004
Semco Laser Technology Inc. v. Jose Yow & Associates, Jose Yow and Graeber, Simmons & Cowan Inc.	Contracts	judge	Dec. 24, 2002
Kennerly v. JMLB Inc., et al.	Personal Injury	judge	Nov. 19, 2002
David L. Cohn v. Steven J. Wolfe and Sneak Preview Entertainment Inc.	Breach of Contract	judge	Oct. 8, 2002
Alicia Garces v. Bruce Bernard, Norwich Management Inc.	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	Jun. 29, 2002
Confidential	Contracts	judge	Sep. 13, 2001
Confidential	Personal Injury (Vehicular)	judge	May 31, 2001
Confidential	Employment Law	judge	Dec. 7, 2000
Confidential	Torts	judge	Nov. 25, 2000
Leonne Jean Souther v. City of Los Angeles	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	Oct. 19, 2000
Gloria Stanford v. East Los Angeles Remarkable Citizens Association, et al.	Employment Law	judge	Sep. 30, 2000
County of Los Angeles v. West Coast Liquidators Inc.	Real Property	judge	Jul. 1, 2000
Confidential	Employment Law	judge	Apr. 29, 2000
Corona Medical Laboratory Inc. v. Community Health Foundation, et al.	Contracts	judge	Feb. 5, 2000
Confidential	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	Jan. 13, 2000
Confidential	Personal Injury (Vehicular)	judge	Sep. 30, 1999
Courtaulds Aerospace, Inc. v. Goldenwest Appraisals, Inc., a California corp.; Robert Hooker; Gobind Daryanani; Landale Valuation Group; Hank Dayani	Real Property	judge	Oct. 3, 1998
Vibeke Cloud v. Western Atlas, Inc.; Litton Industries Inc.	Employment Law	judge	Feb. 14, 1998
Enterprise Leasing Company, et al. v. Dyversatech Construction, et al.	Contracts	judge	Feb. 14, 1998
Confidential	Civil Rights	judge	Aug. 23, 1997
Inglewood Redevelopment Agency v. Heller (Hall's Furniture)	Real Property	judge	May 3, 1997
Doheny West HOA v. American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Company	Insurance	judge	Jul. 13, 1996
Christopher Lesbines v. Universal City Nissan	Employment Law	judge	Jun. 29, 1996
Confidential	Personal Injury (Vehicular)	judge	Jun. 22, 1996
Confidential	Employment Law	judge	Dec. 14, 1995
Reinero Bautista v. Otis Elevators	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	Dec. 18, 1993

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
Regina White v. Network Telephone Services Inc., David Calvert	Employment Law	judge	Jul. 20, 2004
Alice Garcia v. Brick Container Corporation, George Shumaker	Employment Law	judge	Apr. 27, 2004
Confidential	Personal Injury	judge	Jan. 4, 2004
Semco Laser Technology Inc. v. Jose Yow & Associates, Jose Yow and Graeber, Simmons & Cowan Inc.	Contracts	judge	Dec. 24, 2002
Kennerly v. JMLB Inc., et al.	Personal Injury	judge	Nov. 19, 2002
David L. Cohn v. Steven J. Wolfe and Sneak Preview Entertainment Inc.	Breach of Contract	judge	Oct. 8, 2002
Alicia Garces v. Bruce Bernard, Norwich Management Inc.	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	Jun. 29, 2002
Confidential	Contracts	judge	Sep. 13, 2001
Confidential	Personal Injury (Vehicular)	judge	May 31, 2001
Confidential	Employment Law	judge	Dec. 7, 2000
Confidential	Torts	judge	Nov. 25, 2000
Leonne Jean Souther v. City of Los Angeles	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	Oct. 19, 2000
Gloria Stanford v. East Los Angeles Remarkable Citizens Association, et al.	Employment Law	judge	Sep. 30, 2000
County of Los Angeles v. West Coast Liquidators Inc.	Real Property	judge	Jul. 1, 2000
Confidential	Employment Law	judge	Apr. 29, 2000
Corona Medical Laboratory Inc. v. Community Health Foundation, et al.	Contracts	judge	Feb. 5, 2000
Confidential	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	Jan. 13, 2000
Confidential	Personal Injury (Vehicular)	judge	Sep. 30, 1999
Courtaulds Aerospace, Inc. v. Goldenwest Appraisals, Inc., a California corp.; Robert Hooker; Gobind Daryanani; Landale Valuation Group; Hank Dayani	Real Property	judge	Oct. 3, 1998
Vibeke Cloud v. Western Atlas, Inc.; Litton Industries Inc.	Employment Law	judge	Feb. 14, 1998
Enterprise Leasing Company, et al. v. Dyversatech Construction, et al.	Contracts	judge	Feb. 14, 1998
Confidential	Civil Rights	judge	Aug. 23, 1997
Inglewood Redevelopment Agency v. Heller (Hall's Furniture)	Real Property	judge	May 3, 1997
Doheny West HOA v. American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Company	Insurance	judge	Jul. 13, 1996
Christopher Lesbines v. Universal City Nissan	Employment Law	judge	Jun. 29, 1996
Confidential	Personal Injury (Vehicular)	judge	Jun. 22, 1996
Confidential	Employment Law	judge	Dec. 14, 1995
Reinero Bautista v. Otis Elevators	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	Dec. 18, 1993

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