Justice Truc Do's concurrence in an impaired-driving murder case influenced a later appellate ruling. The former homicide pros...
Kelety's criminal rulings demand proof beyond defendants' violent pasts
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Julia C. Kelety, a former probate judge seeking retention Nov. 3, has questioned evidence and jury instructions in mur...
Justice Thomas DeSantos, a former Kings County lawyer and judge, draws on decades of courtroom experience in appellate rulings...
Justice Corey G. Lee seeks retention after less than a year on the 4th District. Two earlier dissents she wrote gained support...
Justice William S. Dato, who has worked at every level of California's courts, brings an appellate specialist's approach to ju...
Justice Kathleen Meehan's opinions on plea agreements and transgender privacy influenced California Supreme Court decisions an...
Justice Mark W. Snauffer's Kern River ruling is before the California Supreme Court. The 5th District justice also upheld a vo...
Gooding: Seriousness of old crime can't block rehabilitation certificate
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Martha K. Gooding, a former senior litigator, has ruled on rehabilitation, speedy trials and trade secrets. The state ...
Justice Matthew A. Scherb, appointed to the 2nd District less than a year ago, wrote a divided DoorDash arbitration ruling and...
Danner's opinions shape high court decisions as she trains new justices
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Allison Danner, who trains new appellate justices, and whose rulings the state Supreme Court has drawn on or upheld in...
Justice Stacy Boulware Eurie has expanded into water and environmental law while maintaining her commitment to child welfare a...
4th District Justice Michael J. Raphael, seeking a 12-year term Nov. 3, wrote a dissent, concurrence and majority opinion whos...
Justice Mark Hanasono, whose family's World War II internment history inspired his legal career, brings experience as a public...
Justice Armen Tamzarian, a former Los Angeles trial judge, has written opinions on workplace harassment, electronic privacy a...
Feinberg brings exacting approach to writing and interpreting the law
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Aimee Feinberg, a former California deputy solicitor general who argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, seeks retention...
Delaney's opinions draw lines on privilege, debt collection and civility
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Thomas A. Delaney has written appellate opinions on privileged emails, debt collection and lawyer civility. A former O...
Bromberg brought 3 decades of appellate advocacy to 6th District court
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Daniel H. Bromberg's MICRA dissent won unanimous agreement from the California Supreme Court. A former appellate speci...
Justice Monique Langhorne Wilson, a former Napa County trial judge, has written opinions on murder resentencing, whistleblower...
Scott's sanctions opinion warns lawyers they are 'not mere mouthpieces'
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Nathan R. Scott of the 4th District, Division 3, who co-chairs the Orange County Bar Association's civility task force...
Twice, the California Supreme Court has unanimously adopted 3rd District Justice Jonathan Renner's reasoning. The former legal...
New 4th District Presiding Justice Joanne Motoike, whose dissents were twice vindicated by the state Supreme Court, faces rete...
Smiley's rulings trace limits of law from flagpoles to criminal courts
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Charles A. Smiley III has ruled on flag displays, criminal sentencing and probation conditions since joining the 1st D...
Justice Stone reversed murder conviction after judge advised prosecutors
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Natalie Stone reversed a murder conviction over a judge's efforts to aid prosecutors and has written on rent control, ...
Justice Shama Mesiwala, a former 3rd District research attorney, has written on prison credits, tribal child welfare and crimi...
Martinez's eviction ruling reaches high court ahead of retention vote
By Laurinda Keys
Presiding Justice Gonzalo C. Martinez, Jr., whose L.A. eviction ruling is before the California Supreme Court, has written opi...
New presiding justice Cody brings close reading, collegiality to Division 6
By Laurinda Keys
Presiding Justice Tari L. Cody of the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6, a former juvenile court judge known for taking...
Wilson pairs focus on courtroom fairness with mentoring future lawyers
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Charles E. Wilson II of the 6th District Court of Appeal has written on courtroom fairness, worker pay and government ...
Justice Audra Mori, whose family's wartime internment shaped her views on fairness and equal treatment, has written opinions e...
Justice Laurie Earl helped lead the 3rd District out of a yearslong case backlog while emphasizing quality over speed, an appr...
Justice Zukin helped build state's judicial mentor program, faces first retention vote
By Laurinda Keys
Presiding Justice Helen Zukin of the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 4, a former complex-litigation lawyer who helped d...