Lamar W. Baker

Associate Justice
California Courts of Appeal
2nd Appellate District, Division 5
Department/Division: 5

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

Appointed to the Court of Appeal by Gov. Jerry Brown, May 22, 2015; special assistant and associate counsel to President Barack Obama, Washington, D.C., 2013-15; deputy assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Policy, 2012-13; chief of staff at U.S. Department of Justice, 2010-11; assistant U.S. attorney, 2005-10; attorney, Strumwasser and Woocher LLP, 2002-05; law clerk, Judge Dorothy W. Nelson, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 2001-02

Yale Law School, 2001

Title	Court	Published
	2nd Appellate District, Division 5	Jul. 27, 2017

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2nd Appellate District, Division 5

Jul. 27, 2017

Case	Category	Published
Estate of St. John v. Schaeffler dissenting	Real Property	Mar. 24, 2025
In re J.F. dissenting	Dependency	Mar. 7, 2025
In re Ca.M. author	Dependency	Mar. 19, 2024
In re P.H., Jr. author	Dependency	Jan. 16, 2024
In re N.R. reversed and remanded	Dependency	Dec. 14, 2023
Conway v. Superior Court (People) author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 4, 2023
Park v. Nazari author	Anti-SLAPP	Jul. 26, 2023
Featherstone v. Martinez author	Family Law	Dec. 22, 2022
In re A.C. dissenting	Dependency	Dec. 13, 2022
In re Baby Girl M. author	Dependency	Sep. 22, 2022
People v. Pineda author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 11, 2022
People v. Salinas author	Constitutional Law	Apr. 6, 2022
People v. Williams author	Attorneys	Feb. 28, 2022
In re H.V. dissenting	Juveniles	Feb. 23, 2022
In re Mohammad reversed	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 4, 2022
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority v. Superior Court author	Civil Procedure	Sep. 15, 2021
Larsen v. California Victim Compensation Board author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 13, 2021
Ratcliff v. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles concurring	Anti-SLAPP	May 3, 2021
Jones v. Quality Coast author	Labor Law	Mar. 25, 2021
People V. Hwang dissenting	Juveniles	Feb. 2, 2021
Prang v. Amen dissenting	Tax	Dec. 8, 2020
In re Williams concurring	statutory_interpretation	Nov. 18, 2020
People v. Superior Court (Reagan) author	Civil Procedure	Sep. 21, 2020
People v. York concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 8, 2020
Prang v. Los Angeles County Assessment Appeals Bd. concurring	statutory_interpretation	Aug. 31, 2020
In re S.P. dissenting	Dependency	Aug. 4, 2020
In re J.A. dissenting	Dependency	Apr. 22, 2020
Coalition for an Equitable Westlake/Macarthur Park v. City of Los Angeles concurring	Environmental Law	Apr. 6, 2020
People ex rel. Lacey v. Robles author	Government	Jan. 31, 2020
Amezcua v. L.A. County Civil Service Com. dissenting	Administrative Agencies	Jan. 22, 2020
Halyard Health, Inc. v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation author	Civil Procedure	Jan. 6, 2020
In re Mohammad author	Constitutional Law	Dec. 2, 2019
In re J.M. author	Juveniles	Oct. 7, 2019
Potter v. Alliance United Ins. Co. author	Torts	Jul. 25, 2019
Modification: People v. Joseph reversed	statutory_interpretation	Apr. 4, 2019
People v. Joseph concurring	statutory_interpretation	Mar. 7, 2019
Modification: People v. Martinez author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 15, 2019
People v. Martinez author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 28, 2019
Modification: Chacker v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. author	Contracts	Oct. 18, 2018
Chacker v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. author	Contracts	Sep. 21, 2018
In re Edwards author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 11, 2018
Modification: People v. Partee dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 16, 2018
Demeter v. Taxi Computer Services author	Civil Procedure	Mar. 29, 2018
People v. Partee dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 26, 2018
Quanta Computer Inc. v. Japan Communications Inc. dissenting	Civil Procedure	Mar. 20, 2018
Estate of Kerkorian author	probate_and_trusts	Jan. 23, 2018
Center for Biological Diversity et al. v. California Department of Fish and Wildlife concurring	Environmental Law	Dec. 6, 2017
Flores v. Southcoast Automotive Liquidators, Inc. et al. concurring	Consumer Law	Nov. 29, 2017
People v. Garcia dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 8, 2017
In re J.P. concurring	Dependency	Sep. 28, 2017
BRE DDR BR Whittwood CA v. Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach concurring	Contracts	Aug. 31, 2017
In re Miller author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 29, 2017
Walker v. Appellate Division of the Superior Court (People) dissenting	Remedies	Aug. 24, 2017
People v. Pineda author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 16, 2017

Case

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
Los Angeles Unified School District v. Glory Church of Jesus Christ	Real Property	Plaintiff	Feb. 3, 2004
Ami Motevalli v. Los Angeles Unified School District	Employment Law	Defendant	Feb. 19, 2003

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
Los Angeles Unified School District v. Glory Church of Jesus Christ	Real Property	Plaintiff	Feb. 3, 2004
Ami Motevalli v. Los Angeles Unified School District	Employment Law	Defendant	Feb. 19, 2003

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