Stephen Meister (Los Angeles County)
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
insufficient Left–Right record (FairPAC / Wake the Bench assessment — not an official court label): Insufficient public record. Insufficient cite depth for ideology.
Judge matrix ThinNot enough public cites yet
Cite-only multi-axis Soft. FairPAC assessment — not an official court label. Evidence depth: Thin. Legacy letter alias: C (transitional only). How the matrix works.
- 1 · Role fidelity
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No sourced pattern attached yet. - 2 · Judicial craft
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No sourced pattern attached yet. - 3 · Rights & liberty
- Thin · Thin
No sourced pattern attached yet. - 4 · Public safety
- Thin · Thin
No sourced pattern attached yet. - 5 · Separation of powers
- Thin · Thin
No sourced pattern attached yet. - 6 · Ethics & fitness
- No public discipline on file · N/A
Absence of attached public CJP discipline is not a purity claim.
Research status: grades use public cites only; thin records stay C until sourced. How we research.
- Court
- Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
- Office
- District / seat
- Los Angeles County Superior Court
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Appellate district
- District 2
- Election
- unknown
- Composite
- ThinNot enough public cites yet Researchable but unsourced — default until cites land. Alias of legacy C when thin.
- Legacy letter
- C Mixed / thin record (alias only)
- Record lean
- insufficient
Public decisions (chronological · cite-only)
Voting / case record: limited public data
This section will grow chronologically as published opinions / CJP decisions are Soft-attached. We never invent case holdings or a complete trial docket.
California published opinions · CJP decisions
About this listing
Superior Court judge, Los Angeles County — from official Governor judicial appointments HTML.
Deep dive Deep
Cite-only career / advocacy Soft profile. FairPAC / Wake the Bench assessment — not an official court label.
Background
Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court (Governor appointment announcement).
Education
Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School (per Governor appointment announcement).
Prior professional work
Meister has been the President of Meister Law since 2011. He worked as an Associate at the Law Offices of Mark Werksman from 2003 to 2011. He was a Sole Practitioner at the Law Office of Steve Meister from 2002 to 2003. He worked as an Associate at Bailey & Marzano from 1998 to 1999. He served as a Political Aide at the Los Angeles City Council’s Office from 1999 to 2002. Meister served as a Deputy District Attorney at the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office from 1990 to 1998 — per Governor appointment announcement.
Advocacy / public roles
Not yet sourced — researchable.
Appointment / elevation
Appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom to the Los Angeles County Superior Court; He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Thomas C. Falls. (per Governor appointment announcement).
Wave 2 deepen from primary Governor judicial appointments HTML. deepDive=Deep. Grade C until opinion/CJP cites. Never invent holdings/ideology.
Cite-only. We never invent career history or advocacy.
Why this grade — metrics
See methodology.
Public discipline (CJP)
Check the Commission on Judicial Performance before relying on any grade. We do not invent findings.
cjp.ca.gov decisions by judges
Sources
- Source · — source
- Commission on Judicial Performance — public decisions
- Grade methodology — methodology.html