William S. Dato

Associate Justice
California Courts of Appeal
4th Appellate District, Division 1
Department/Division: 1 Days: M-F

750 B Street #300
San Diego , CA 92101-8189
(619) 744-0760

Appointed 4th District Court of Appeal justice by Gov. Jerry Brown, Dec. 23, 2016; San Diego County Superior Court judge, 2003-2016; partner, associate, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, 1994-2003, 1982-84; research attorney, 4th District Court of Appeal, 1984-1994, 1981-1982

UCLA School of Law, 1980

Title	Court	Published
‘A Really Good Soul’	4th District Court of Appeal (San Diego)	Jul. 18, 2018
Professor of Appeals	San Diego County Superior Court	Dec. 23, 2008

Title

Court

Published

‘A Really Good Soul’

4th District Court of Appeal (San Diego)

Jul. 18, 2018

Professor of Appeals

San Diego County Superior Court

Dec. 23, 2008

Case	Category	Published
People v. Green author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 21, 2024
Let Them Choose v. San Diego Unified School Dist. author	Civil Procedure	Jul. 18, 2024
Asaro v. Maniscalco author	probate_and_trusts	Jul. 12, 2024
People v. Lovejoy author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 3, 2024
People v. Ayala author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 29, 2024
Andrade v. Western Riverside Council of Governments author	Contracts	Feb. 21, 2024
Marriage of Tara and Robert D. author	Civil Procedure	Feb. 16, 2024
Bonds v. Superior Court (People) author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 15, 2024
Modification: People v. Cartwright author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 15, 2024
People v. Cartwright author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 25, 2024
Suarez v. Superior Court (Rudolph & Sletten, Inc.) author	Arbitration	Jan. 24, 2024
Sarmiento v. Superior Court (People) author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 10, 2024
Vulcan Lands, Inc. v. Victoria Older Currier author	Real Property	Dec. 21, 2023
Zachary H. v. Teri A. author	Family Law	Nov. 1, 2023
Martin v. Gladstone author	Bankruptcy	Oct. 19, 2023
FCM Investments v. Grove Pham, LLC author	Arbitration	Oct. 18, 2023
Modification: People v. Burns author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 13, 2023
People v. Esparza author	Constitutional Law	Sep. 26, 2023
People v. Burns author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 22, 2023
Rojas v. HSBC Card Services Inc. dissenting	Torts	Jul. 21, 2023
Ahn v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co. author	Antitrust	Jul. 5, 2023
Downey v. City of Riverside dissenting	Torts	Apr. 26, 2023
Takiguchi v. Venetian Condominiums Maintenance Corp. author	Corporations	Apr. 21, 2023
People v. Webb author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 17, 2023
Nickson v. Shemran, Inc. author	Arbitration	Apr. 7, 2023
People v. Cooks author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 31, 2023
People v. Wilson author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 30, 2023
Modification: Wood v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals author	Employment Law	Mar. 23, 2023
People v. Gobert author	Evidence	Mar. 22, 2023
Best Rest Motel, Inc. v. Sequoia Insurance Co. author	Insurance	Feb. 24, 2023
Wood v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals author	Employment Law	Feb. 24, 2023
People v. Kenney author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 22, 2023
Marriage of Destiny C. and Justin C. author	Family Law	Jan. 20, 2023
People v. Nash author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 17, 2023
Box v. Superior Court (People) author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 30, 2022
San Diego Police Department v. Geoffrey S. dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 19, 2022
Let Them Choose v. San Diego Unified School Dist. author	Education	Nov. 23, 2022
Morgan v. Ygrene Energy Fund, Inc. author	Administrative Agencies	Nov. 22, 2022
Morgan v. Ygrene Energy Fund, Inc. author	Administrative Agencies	Nov. 2, 2022
Estate of El Wardani author	probate_and_trusts	Aug. 31, 2022
People v. Harden author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 12, 2022
Modification: 640 Tenth, LP v. Newsom author	Administrative Agencies	Jun. 10, 2022
Modification: Hassaine v. Club Demonstration Services, Inc. author	Torts	May 20, 2022
640 Tenth, LP v. Newsom author	Administrative Agencies	May 17, 2022
Clark Bros., Inc. v. North Edwards Water District author	Government	Apr. 25, 2022
Hassaine v. Club Demonstration Services, Inc. author	Torts	Apr. 25, 2022
Srouy v. San Diego Unified School District author	Education	Feb. 28, 2022
Modification: Munoz v. PL Hotel Group, LLC author	Contracts	Jan. 21, 2022
Munoz v. PL Hotel Group, LLC author	Contracts	Jan. 5, 2022
People v. Superior Court (Valenzuela) author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 4, 2022
Modification: First American Title Insurance Co. v. California Dept. of Tax and Fee Administration author	Tax	Dec. 13, 2021
Gunther v. Alaska Airlines, Inc. author	Employment Law	Dec. 2, 2021
Modification: People v. Alatorre author	Immigration	Nov. 24, 2021
Modification: People v. Alatorre author	Immigration	Nov. 18, 2021
First American Title Insurance Co. v. California Dept. of Tax and Fee Administration author	Tax	Nov. 16, 2021
People v. Alatorre author	Immigration	Oct. 26, 2021
In re Miguel C. author	Juveniles	Oct. 4, 2021
Finlan v. Chase author	Civil Procedure	Sep. 16, 2021
Mai v. HKT Cal, Inc. author	Evidence	Jul. 14, 2021
Haytasingh v. City of San Diego concurring	Government	Jul. 12, 2021
People v. Dominguez author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 7, 2021
Certified Tire & Service Centers Wage & Hour Cases dissenting	Employment Law	Jul. 7, 2021
People v. Kasrawi author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 17, 2021
Amended Opinion: People v. Jackson dissenting	statutory_interpretation	Jun. 11, 2021
Modification: Felczer v. Apple author	Remedies	May 26, 2021
Felczer v. Apple author	Remedies	Apr. 27, 2021
Marriage of Maher and Strawn author	Family Law	Apr. 26, 2021
Vendor Surveillance Corporation v. Henning author	Employment Law	Mar. 22, 2021
People v. Jackson concurring	statutory_interpretation	Feb. 25, 2021
Gerwig v. Gordon author	Administrative Agencies	Feb. 23, 2021
People v. Panozo author	statutory_interpretation	Jan. 12, 2021
Balla v. Hall author	Anti-SLAPP	Jan. 8, 2021
Dziubla v. Piazza author	Anti-SLAPP	Dec. 31, 2020
Burgess v. Coronado Unified School District author	Civil Procedure	Dec. 29, 2020
Modification: In re Edgerrin J. author	Juveniles	Dec. 11, 2020
Big Lots Stores v. Superior Court (Menlo) author	Attorneys	Nov. 25, 2020
In re Edgerrin J. author	Juveniles	Nov. 24, 2020
RGC Gaslamp v. Ehmcke Sheet Metal Co. author	Anti-SLAPP	Oct. 28, 2020
People v. Shaw author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 28, 2020
People v. Zaheer author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 10, 2020
People v. Brown author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 3, 2020
Modification: People v. Cotsirilos author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 10, 2020
Abbott Laboratories v. Superior Court (People) reversed and remanded	Remedies	Jun. 26, 2020
Airs Aromatics, LLC v. CBL Data Recovery Technologies Inc. author	Civil Procedure	Jun. 23, 2020
People v. Cotsirilos author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 23, 2020
Carlsbad Police Officers Assn. v. City of Carlsbad author	Civil Procedure	May 20, 2020
Colucci v. T-Mobile USA, Inc. author	Remedies	May 1, 2020
Crosno Construction, Inc. v. Travelers Casualty author	Remedies	Apr. 21, 2020
Citizens for Responsible etc. v. Department of Transportation concurring	statutory_interpretation	Mar. 25, 2020
Citizens of Humanity, LLC v. Hass dissenting	Anti-SLAPP	Mar. 18, 2020
People v. Cota concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 4, 2020
People v. Turner author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 21, 2020
Wanke, Industrial, Commercial, Residential Inc. v. AV Builder Corp. author	Civil Procedure	Feb. 21, 2020
People v. Johnson concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 20, 2020
Marriage of Deluca author	Family Law	Feb. 18, 2020
Gordon v. ARC Manufacturing, Inc. author	Civil Procedure	Dec. 23, 2019
People v. Patton author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 7, 2019
Marriage of Deluca author	Family Law	Nov. 1, 2019
California Insurance Guarantee Assn. v. San Diego County Schools author	Workers' Compensation	Oct. 31, 2019
Jimenez v. U.S. Continental Marketing, Inc. author	Employment Law	Oct. 21, 2019
People v. Merchant author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 10, 2019
People v. Lee author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 4, 2019
People v. Tejeda author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 3, 2019
San Diego Navy Broadway Complex Coalition v. Cal. Coastal Com. author	Civil Procedure	Oct. 1, 2019
In re L.M. author	Dependency	Sep. 16, 2019
People v. Burns author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 16, 2019
People v. Gutierrez-Salazar author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 7, 2019
People v. Patton author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 29, 2019
People v. Sexton author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 16, 2019
Cavalry SPV I, LLC v. Watkins author	Consumer Law	Jul. 2, 2019
Byrd v. State Personnel Bd. author	Government	Jun. 28, 2019
Doe v. Superior Court author	Attorneys	Jun. 17, 2019
McMillin Homes Construction v. Natl. Fire & Marine Ins. Co. author	Insurance	Jun. 7, 2019
People v. Austin author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 28, 2019
People v. Carter dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 30, 2019
People v. Flores author	Constitutional Law	Apr. 16, 2019
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Ward author	Real Property	Apr. 1, 2019
People v. Alvarez author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 4, 2019
In re N.O. dissenting	Dependency	Feb. 1, 2019
Mackey v. Bd. of Trustees of the Cal. State University author	Employment Discrimination	Jan. 24, 2019
Dogan v. Comanche Hills Apartments author	Torts	Jan. 23, 2019
Modification: City of San Diego v. Superior Court author	Evidence	Jan. 9, 2019
Modification: In re Cody R. author	Juveniles	Jan. 8, 2019
Marriage of T.C. and D.C. author	Family Law	Dec. 20, 2018
City of San Diego v. Superior Court author	Evidence	Dec. 20, 2018
In re Cody R. author	Juveniles	Dec. 19, 2018
CPF Vaseo Associates, LLC v. Gray author	Civil Procedure	Dec. 7, 2018
David L. v. Superior Court author	Civil Procedure	Nov. 27, 2018
People v. Stutelberg author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 26, 2018
Modification: Garcia v. Border Transportation Group, LLC author	Employment Law	Nov. 15, 2018
Garcia v. Border Transportation Group, LLC author	Employment Law	Oct. 23, 2018
People v. Superior Court (Dominguez) author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 18, 2018
Kim v. Toyota Motor Corp. concurring	Torts	Aug. 28, 2018
Modification: People v. Nuno author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 27, 2018
People v. Nuno author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 15, 2018
People v. Webb author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 6, 2018
Y.H. v. M.H. author	Family Law	Jul. 19, 2018
Airs Aromatics v. CBL Data Recovery Technologies author	Civil Procedure	May 31, 2018
Bushansky v. Soon-Shiong author	Contracts	May 31, 2018
People v. Soto author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 30, 2018
People v. Brady author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 3, 2018
Modification: People v. Franklin author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 19, 2018
Modification: AO Alpha-Bank v. Yakovlev author	Civil Procedure	Apr. 4, 2018
N.S. v. D.M. author	Family Law	Mar. 30, 2018
Modification: Marriage of Pearson author	Family Law	Mar. 29, 2018
People v. Franklin author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 28, 2018
AO Alpha-Bank v. Yakovlev author	Civil Procedure	Mar. 14, 2018
Marriage of Pearson author	Family Law	Mar. 14, 2018
Muro v. Cornerstone Staffing Solutions author	Arbitration	Feb. 26, 2018
People v. Baker author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 23, 2018
Lane v. Bell author	Torts	Feb. 2, 2018
Hernandez v. Restoration Hardware, Inc. affirmed	Civil Procedure	Jan. 30, 2018
People v. Tua author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 8, 2018
Admiral Ins. Co. v. Superior Court author	Insurance	Dec. 13, 2017
Skillin v. Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego author	Employment Law	Dec. 7, 2017
R.W.L. Enterprises v. Oldcastle Inc. author	Contracts	Dec. 1, 2017
Ralphs Grocery Company v. Victory Consultants, Inc. et al. concurring	Constitutional Law	Nov. 17, 2017
People v. Solorio author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 17, 2017
People v. Kaufman author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 17, 2017
McMillin Management Services, L.P. et al. v. Financial Pacific Insurance Company et al. concurring	Insurance	Nov. 15, 2017
Dryden Oaks LLC v. San Diego County Regional Airport Authority author	Real Property	Oct. 20, 2017
People v. Drew author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 13, 2017
Levi v. The Regents of the University of California author	Labor Law	Sep. 28, 2017
Roth v. Plikaytis author	Attorneys	Sep. 14, 2017
People v. Brooks author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 28, 2017
People v. Roberts author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 20, 2017

Case

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
Confidential	Real Property	judge	Sep. 14, 2004
State Farm v. Esther Renko, Jeremiah Covington, Barrett Covington	Insurance	judge	May 18, 2004

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
Confidential	Real Property	judge	Sep. 14, 2004
State Farm v. Esther Renko, Jeremiah Covington, Barrett Covington	Insurance	judge	May 18, 2004

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