Sep. 15, 2025
OC Superior Court elects new leadership team for 2025-27 term
With 156 courtrooms and a $275 million budget, the Orange County Superior Court has chosen Judges Sheila F. Hanson and Terri K. Flynn-Peister to guide the system through the next two years.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Sheila F. Hanson has been elected presiding judge of the court and will begin her term in January. She brings nearly two decades of judicial experience to the state's third-most populous county.
Hanson and Judge Terri K. Flynn-Peister, elected assistant presiding judge, both ran unopposed for the upcoming two-year term. They will oversee a system serving 3.2 million residents with 156 courtrooms, 145 authorized judgeships, 1,505 employees, an...
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