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Garrett L. Wong

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Judge
Civil Trials, Settlements
San Francisco County Superior Court
Civic Center Courthouse
San Francisco County Superior Court
Department/Division: 504 Days: M-F

400 McAllister St
San Francisco , CA 94102
(415) 551-3772



San Francisco County Superior Court judge, appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2005; senior counsel, legal department, SBC Communications Inc., 2001-05; attorney, Chan Doi Marshall & Leal, 1999-2001; attorney, Padilla O'Leary & Wong, 1997-98; attorney, Wong & Lee, 1992-96; attorney, Jaffe Trutanich Scatena & Blum, 1990-92; attorney, Kaufman & Logan, 1987-90; deputy public defender, San Francisco County public defender's office, 1984-87; teaching fellow, Georgetown University Law Center, 1980-82

University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1979 



Judicial Profiles
Title Court Published
Local Boy San Francisco County (San Francisco) Sep. 14, 2018
Streets of San Francisco San Francisco Superior Court Jun. 19, 2008

Columns
Title Category Published
Doubting mental competence Criminal, Judges and Judiciary Mar. 21, 2016

Rulings
Case Category Published
People v. Lipscomb
affirmed as modified
 Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 29, 2022
Pillar Project AG v. Payward Ventures, Inc
affirmed
 Arbitration May 26, 2021
People v. Sanchez
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 23, 2019
South of Market Community v. City and County of San Francisco
affirmed
 Environmental Law Mar. 27, 2019
Lyons v. Colgate-Palmolive Company
reversed
 Civil Procedure Oct. 23, 2017
Placerville Historic Preservation League v. Judicial Council of California (County of El Dorado)
Environmental Law Oct. 17, 2017
Rush v. White Corp.
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Aug. 1, 2017

Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
Debra M. Hoisch v. City and County of San Francisco Personal Injury judge Sep. 6, 2024
John Stephen Graham, Jr., Trustee of the John Stephen Graham, Jr. Revocable Trust Inc. v. Hammel, Green and Abramson and Does 1-50, inclusive Contracts judge Jul. 26, 2024
Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board v. Golden Bay Fence Plus Iron Works Inc., City and County of San Francisco, CalTrans, California Department of Transportation, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Real Property judge Apr. 15, 2022
John Williams, Aimee Williams v. First California Investments; Gerald Ganz, Robert Wolf, Tam Partners LP, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Personal Injury judge Jan. 7, 2022
Mohammad Mashadi v. Max Ivey and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Personal Injury judge Nov. 19, 2021
David Nguyen v. Sherman Lewis Wright, Ford Motor Company, Chariot Transit Inc., and Does 1 to 30 Personal Injury judge Nov. 5, 2021
Christian Martinez v. City and County of San Francisco, Anthony Alonzo, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Personal Injury judge Dec. 18, 2020
Svetlana Hovhannisyan v. City and County of San Francisco, Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, The Regents of the University of California and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Torts judge Dec. 18, 2020
David Timothy Rudolf v. City and County of San Francisco Personal Injury judge Nov. 13, 2020
Anthony Economus v. Flint Paul, individually and in his official capacity as a City of San Francisco Police Officer, and Does 1-50, inclusive Civil Rights judge Nov. 13, 2020
Thais Yafet v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1-25 Personal Injury judge Oct. 30, 2020
John Doe v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 to 20, inclusive Personal Injury judge Oct. 16, 2020
Bradley Novak v. The City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco County Department of Aging and Adult Services, and Does 1-20, inclusive Employment Law judge Oct. 16, 2020
Christian Miller v. Juan Francisco Ceballos, City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1-100 Personal Injury judge Sep. 18, 2020
Luz de Verano Cervantes v. City and County of San Francisco, Pasanio Paufa, Hulyuan Yang, Joan Anne Frost, and Does 1 to 20, inclusive Personal Injury judge Sep. 18, 2020
Jonathan Garcia-Valle v. Raymond Lee Honor; City and County of San Francisco; and Does 1 to 50, inclusive Personal Injury judge Sep. 18, 2020
Christopher Kurrle v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1-50, inclusive Personal Injury judge Sep. 18, 2020
Tomasso Albonetti v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 to 10 Personal Injury judge Sep. 11, 2020
Christian Martinez v. City and County of San Francisco, Anthony Alonzo, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Personal Injury judge Sep. 11, 2020
Brian Soo v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 to 50 Personal Injury judge Sep. 4, 2020
Margaret Hardgrave v. Ramallah Club Inc., City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 - 20, inclusive Personal Injury judge Aug. 28, 2020
Square Inc. v. City and County of San Francisco, Jose Cisneros, Treasurer and Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 50 Constitutional Law judge Aug. 28, 2020
Alonda Austin v. City and County of San Francisco, Juvenile Justice Center, Kevin Whitson, Sean Loucks, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Employment Law judge Aug. 21, 2020
Erin Sheeran, as Conservator for Cara Sheeran v. City and County of San Francisco, Raymond Lee, Ryan Jamison, and Does 1-10, inclusive Personal Injury judge Aug. 21, 2020
Peggy Ung v. Yong L. Wang, Michelle Wang, San Francisco Department of Public Works, City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury judge Aug. 7, 2020
Claudia High-Matthews v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 20, inclusive Personal Injury judge Jul. 24, 2020
William Maier v. City and County of San Francisco, Bridget O'Connor, and Does 1-20 Employment Law judge Jul. 17, 2020
Katherine Cantwell v. Mohammad Waraich, City and County of San Francisco and Does 1 through 100 Personal Injury judge Jul. 17, 2020
Rosa Rivera Keel v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury judge Jul. 17, 2020
Ashley-Luz Williams, Giselle Barrett v. Lou Tom and Does 1 through 20 Contracts judge Jun. 5, 2020
Virginia Ernster, Martin Ernster v. City and County of San Francisco, Cristina Couch, and Does 1 to 50 Personal Injury judge May 1, 2020
Nancy Barsotti, Martin Beltran, Desmond Cotter, David Dawley, Paul Gallegos, Alan Harvey, Warren House, Ricky Hui, Tomie Ann Kato, James Kimball, Barry Lo, Colin Mackenzie, David Maxion, Mark Nicholas, Michael Orlando, George Petty III, Romelia Scott, Ellen Stein, Richard Stevens v. The City and County of San Francisco, The San Francisco Fire Department, The San Francisco Fire Commission, The Civil Service Commission of San Francisco, David Johnson, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Employment Law judge May 1, 2020
Anil Ravikanti v. Twitter Inc. Contracts judge Apr. 3, 2020
City and County of San Francisco v. California Department of Public Health Government judge Mar. 13, 2020
Lu Xian Tan Chen v. City and County of San Francisco, Clifford Lim, and Does 1 to 25 Personal Injury judge Mar. 6, 2020
Pacific Bell Telephone Company v. City and County of San Francisco Real Property judge Mar. 6, 2020
Cheryl Jarne v. City and County of San Francisco; Philip Bellber; Rosemary MacGuiness; Cha Cha Cha Restaurant; Resho Corporation, and Does 1-20 Personal Injury judge Feb. 28, 2020
Lorena Pedraza v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Medical judge Feb. 28, 2020
Joan Frost v. City and County of San Francisco, Pasanio Taufa, and Does 1 to 25, inclusive Personal Injury judge Jan. 31, 2020
Ana Landis Velazquez v. City and County of San Francisco Personal Injury judge Jan. 24, 2020
Gregory Saputelli v. Richard Schumacher, Nancy Schumacher, Noel Finnerty, Finnerty Plumbing, City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 to 50 Personal Injury judge Jan. 24, 2020
Plaza GB LP v. City and County of San Francisco, Jose Cisneros, Treasurer of the City and County of San Francisco, David Augustine, Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 25 Taxation judge Jan. 17, 2020
Kai Kopp v. City and County of San Francisco, SF Latin Baseball League and Does 1-30 Personal Injury judge Jan. 17, 2020
Michael Angelo Pannone v. Dustin Paul Gonzales, The City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 20, inclusive Personal Injury judge Jan. 3, 2020
Yvonne Marie Ellis v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 to 25 Personal Injury judge Jan. 3, 2020
Innsbruck LP v. City and County of San Francisco, Jose Cisneros, Treasurer of the City and County of San Francisco, David Augustine, Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 25 Taxation judge Dec. 13, 2019
Abuon Mayen v. City and County of San Francisco, Michael Spillane, and Does 1 to 25, inclusive Personal Injury judge Dec. 13, 2019
Joseph Alvarado v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. Personal Injury judge Jul. 5, 2019
Hanover Insurance Company a/s/o YWX Holdings Inc. v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 25, inclusive Real Property judge Jul. 5, 2019
Laurence Vinocur v. M. Eagles Tool Warehouse Inc.; S&G Tool-Aid Corp., and Does 1-150, inclusive Consumer Law judge Jun. 7, 2019
Satinder Singh v. Xuong Lu, Cuong Vinh Tu, Kieu Thai, Carolina Michel, Khalid Khan, Town Taxi, Minjigdorj Erdenekhuu, Vladmir Plotkin, Balwat Gill, Frederick Antonio Reed, Rental Car Finance dba Thrifty Rental Car, County of San Francisco, City of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Personal Injury judge Apr. 19, 2019

MCLE
Title Category Published
Doubting mental competence Criminal Law Mar. 21, 2016
Title Court Published
Local Boy San Francisco County (San Francisco) Sep. 14, 2018
Streets of San Francisco San Francisco Superior Court Jun. 19, 2008
Title Category Published
Doubting mental competence Criminal, Judges and Judiciary Mar. 21, 2016
Case Category Published
People v. Lipscomb
affirmed as modified
 Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 29, 2022
Pillar Project AG v. Payward Ventures, Inc
affirmed
 Arbitration May 26, 2021
People v. Sanchez
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 23, 2019
South of Market Community v. City and County of San Francisco
affirmed
 Environmental Law Mar. 27, 2019
Lyons v. Colgate-Palmolive Company
reversed
 Civil Procedure Oct. 23, 2017
Placerville Historic Preservation League v. Judicial Council of California (County of El Dorado)
Environmental Law Oct. 17, 2017
Rush v. White Corp.
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Aug. 1, 2017
Case Name Topic Role Published
Debra M. Hoisch v. City and County of San Francisco Personal Injury judge Sep. 6, 2024
John Stephen Graham, Jr., Trustee of the John Stephen Graham, Jr. Revocable Trust Inc. v. Hammel, Green and Abramson and Does 1-50, inclusive Contracts judge Jul. 26, 2024
Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board v. Golden Bay Fence Plus Iron Works Inc., City and County of San Francisco, CalTrans, California Department of Transportation, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Real Property judge Apr. 15, 2022
John Williams, Aimee Williams v. First California Investments; Gerald Ganz, Robert Wolf, Tam Partners LP, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Personal Injury judge Jan. 7, 2022
Mohammad Mashadi v. Max Ivey and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Personal Injury judge Nov. 19, 2021
David Nguyen v. Sherman Lewis Wright, Ford Motor Company, Chariot Transit Inc., and Does 1 to 30 Personal Injury judge Nov. 5, 2021
Christian Martinez v. City and County of San Francisco, Anthony Alonzo, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Personal Injury judge Dec. 18, 2020
Svetlana Hovhannisyan v. City and County of San Francisco, Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, The Regents of the University of California and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Torts judge Dec. 18, 2020
David Timothy Rudolf v. City and County of San Francisco Personal Injury judge Nov. 13, 2020
Anthony Economus v. Flint Paul, individually and in his official capacity as a City of San Francisco Police Officer, and Does 1-50, inclusive Civil Rights judge Nov. 13, 2020
Thais Yafet v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1-25 Personal Injury judge Oct. 30, 2020
John Doe v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 to 20, inclusive Personal Injury judge Oct. 16, 2020
Bradley Novak v. The City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco County Department of Aging and Adult Services, and Does 1-20, inclusive Employment Law judge Oct. 16, 2020
Christian Miller v. Juan Francisco Ceballos, City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1-100 Personal Injury judge Sep. 18, 2020
Luz de Verano Cervantes v. City and County of San Francisco, Pasanio Paufa, Hulyuan Yang, Joan Anne Frost, and Does 1 to 20, inclusive Personal Injury judge Sep. 18, 2020
Jonathan Garcia-Valle v. Raymond Lee Honor; City and County of San Francisco; and Does 1 to 50, inclusive Personal Injury judge Sep. 18, 2020
Christopher Kurrle v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1-50, inclusive Personal Injury judge Sep. 18, 2020
Tomasso Albonetti v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 to 10 Personal Injury judge Sep. 11, 2020
Christian Martinez v. City and County of San Francisco, Anthony Alonzo, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Personal Injury judge Sep. 11, 2020
Brian Soo v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 to 50 Personal Injury judge Sep. 4, 2020
Margaret Hardgrave v. Ramallah Club Inc., City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 - 20, inclusive Personal Injury judge Aug. 28, 2020
Square Inc. v. City and County of San Francisco, Jose Cisneros, Treasurer and Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 50 Constitutional Law judge Aug. 28, 2020
Alonda Austin v. City and County of San Francisco, Juvenile Justice Center, Kevin Whitson, Sean Loucks, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Employment Law judge Aug. 21, 2020
Erin Sheeran, as Conservator for Cara Sheeran v. City and County of San Francisco, Raymond Lee, Ryan Jamison, and Does 1-10, inclusive Personal Injury judge Aug. 21, 2020
Peggy Ung v. Yong L. Wang, Michelle Wang, San Francisco Department of Public Works, City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury judge Aug. 7, 2020
Claudia High-Matthews v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 20, inclusive Personal Injury judge Jul. 24, 2020
William Maier v. City and County of San Francisco, Bridget O'Connor, and Does 1-20 Employment Law judge Jul. 17, 2020
Katherine Cantwell v. Mohammad Waraich, City and County of San Francisco and Does 1 through 100 Personal Injury judge Jul. 17, 2020
Rosa Rivera Keel v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury judge Jul. 17, 2020
Ashley-Luz Williams, Giselle Barrett v. Lou Tom and Does 1 through 20 Contracts judge Jun. 5, 2020
Virginia Ernster, Martin Ernster v. City and County of San Francisco, Cristina Couch, and Does 1 to 50 Personal Injury judge May 1, 2020
Nancy Barsotti, Martin Beltran, Desmond Cotter, David Dawley, Paul Gallegos, Alan Harvey, Warren House, Ricky Hui, Tomie Ann Kato, James Kimball, Barry Lo, Colin Mackenzie, David Maxion, Mark Nicholas, Michael Orlando, George Petty III, Romelia Scott, Ellen Stein, Richard Stevens v. The City and County of San Francisco, The San Francisco Fire Department, The San Francisco Fire Commission, The Civil Service Commission of San Francisco, David Johnson, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Employment Law judge May 1, 2020
Anil Ravikanti v. Twitter Inc. Contracts judge Apr. 3, 2020
City and County of San Francisco v. California Department of Public Health Government judge Mar. 13, 2020
Lu Xian Tan Chen v. City and County of San Francisco, Clifford Lim, and Does 1 to 25 Personal Injury judge Mar. 6, 2020
Pacific Bell Telephone Company v. City and County of San Francisco Real Property judge Mar. 6, 2020
Cheryl Jarne v. City and County of San Francisco; Philip Bellber; Rosemary MacGuiness; Cha Cha Cha Restaurant; Resho Corporation, and Does 1-20 Personal Injury judge Feb. 28, 2020
Lorena Pedraza v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Medical judge Feb. 28, 2020
Joan Frost v. City and County of San Francisco, Pasanio Taufa, and Does 1 to 25, inclusive Personal Injury judge Jan. 31, 2020
Ana Landis Velazquez v. City and County of San Francisco Personal Injury judge Jan. 24, 2020
Gregory Saputelli v. Richard Schumacher, Nancy Schumacher, Noel Finnerty, Finnerty Plumbing, City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 to 50 Personal Injury judge Jan. 24, 2020
Plaza GB LP v. City and County of San Francisco, Jose Cisneros, Treasurer of the City and County of San Francisco, David Augustine, Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 25 Taxation judge Jan. 17, 2020
Kai Kopp v. City and County of San Francisco, SF Latin Baseball League and Does 1-30 Personal Injury judge Jan. 17, 2020
Michael Angelo Pannone v. Dustin Paul Gonzales, The City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 20, inclusive Personal Injury judge Jan. 3, 2020
Yvonne Marie Ellis v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 to 25 Personal Injury judge Jan. 3, 2020
Innsbruck LP v. City and County of San Francisco, Jose Cisneros, Treasurer of the City and County of San Francisco, David Augustine, Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 25 Taxation judge Dec. 13, 2019
Abuon Mayen v. City and County of San Francisco, Michael Spillane, and Does 1 to 25, inclusive Personal Injury judge Dec. 13, 2019
Joseph Alvarado v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. Personal Injury judge Jul. 5, 2019
Hanover Insurance Company a/s/o YWX Holdings Inc. v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 25, inclusive Real Property judge Jul. 5, 2019
Laurence Vinocur v. M. Eagles Tool Warehouse Inc.; S&G Tool-Aid Corp., and Does 1-150, inclusive Consumer Law judge Jun. 7, 2019
Satinder Singh v. Xuong Lu, Cuong Vinh Tu, Kieu Thai, Carolina Michel, Khalid Khan, Town Taxi, Minjigdorj Erdenekhuu, Vladmir Plotkin, Balwat Gill, Frederick Antonio Reed, Rental Car Finance dba Thrifty Rental Car, County of San Francisco, City of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Personal Injury judge Apr. 19, 2019
Title Category Published
Doubting mental competence Criminal Law Mar. 21, 2016