Contra Costa County
What this page does: Soft county roster for this Superior Court pack (plus linked appellate / Supreme retention rows). Browse cites · open a judge card · continue in Lookup / Nation Bench coach. Never invent grades.
Superior Court judges in this pack, plus statewide Supreme and District 1 Court of Appeal retention justices.
Superior Court (41)
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Christopher Bowen (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
John P. Devine (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Julia Campins (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Andrew R. Verriere (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Benjamin T. Reyes II (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Melissa O'Connell (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Jennifer Lee (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Virginia George (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Joni T. Hiramoto (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Leonard E. Marquez (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Barbara C. Hinton (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
John W. Kennedy (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Hanni M. Fakhoury (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Wendy Coats (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Danielle K. Douglas (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Stephanie Clarke (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
John Cope (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Nichelle N. Holmes (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Terri Mockler (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Glenn Kim (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Wade M. Rhyne (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
David E. Goldstein (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Jesse Hsieh (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Gina Dashman (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Peter Chang (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Ayana K. Young (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Palvir Shoker (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Alexandria D. Quam (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Frank Riebli (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Robert S. Leach (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Amanda M. Karl (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Jennifer Logue (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Jill J. Lifter (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Carole M. Bosch (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Matthew D. Caron (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Kirk Athanasiou (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Michael Nieto (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Rebecca C. Hardie (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Colleen Gleason (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Shara Beltramo (Contra Costa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
J. Yamamoto (Contra Costa County)
Why: Bay Area Superior roster Soft from official court directory/assignment cite. Source:…
Court of Appeal — District 1 (11)
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Charles A. Smiley (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Concurred in Debbane (A172067). Stay C. No CJP public discipline attached. Appointing-era signal alone does not upgrade.…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Danny Y. Chou (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Authored published civil opinions (Herc Rentals, A174303; Sakach, A175648). Stay C. No CJP public discipline attached.…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Gordon Burns (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Concurred in Herc Rentals (A174303); as assigned justice concurred in Cervantes v. Bianco (S295866) and Bonta v. Bianco…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Ioana Petrou (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Published panel cites (People v. Centeno, A171308; Irvine v. Irvine, A172066). Holdings do not clearly meet A or F under…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Kathleen M. Banke (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Authored published opinion affirming plaintiffs vs SF vacant-unit tax (Debbane, A172067). Civil/tax — stay C. No CJP…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Mark Simons (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Concurred in Herc Rentals (A174303) and Sakach (A175648). Stay C. No CJP public discipline attached. Appointing-era…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Monique Langhorne Wilson (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Concurred in Debbane (A172067) vacant-unit tax opinion. Stay C. No CJP public discipline attached. Appointing-era signal…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Tara M. Desautels (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Concurred in People v. Putallez (A174094). Stay C. No CJP public discipline attached. Appointing-era signal alone does…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Therese M. Stewart (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Mixed / insufficient case-vote depth for A or F. Appointing-era signal: Newsom-era Court of Appeal elevation on 2026 SOS retention list…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Tracie L. Brown (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Authored People v. Adam (A175410) reversing for §1382 speedy-trial error. Stay C. No CJP public discipline attached.…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Victor A. Rodriguez (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Concurred in published criminal affirmance (People v. Centeno, A171308). Thin for A/F. No CJP public discipline attached.…
Supreme Court (statewide) (2)
- MisalignedOut of touch on the basics
Joshua Groban (California Supreme Court)
Why: Out-of-touch / progressive-bench signal under FairPAC rubric: Appointed to California Supreme Court by Governor Gavin Newsom (2018). Prior…
- MisalignedOut of touch on the basics
Kelli M. Evans (California Supreme Court)
Why: Out-of-touch / progressive-bench signal under FairPAC rubric: Appointed to California Supreme Court by Governor Gavin Newsom (2022). Prior…