Jill H. Talley (Sacramento County)
Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento
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
- Thin · Thin
No sourced pattern attached yet. - 2 · Judicial craft
- Thin · Thin
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 Sacramento
- Office
- District / seat
- Sacramento County Superior Court
- County
- Sacramento County
- Appellate district
- District 3
- 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, Sacramento County — from official Sacramento County elections List of Elected Officials — Superior Court Judges.
Deep dive Deep
Cite-only career / advocacy Soft profile. FairPAC / Wake the Bench assessment — not an official court label.
Background
Judge of the Sacramento County Superior Court (Governor Brown appointment announcement, 2017-12-22).
Education
She earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Pepperdine University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University.
Prior professional work
Talley has served as chief counsel at the Governor's Office of Emergency Services since 2014. She has been an adjunct professor at Lincoln Law School of Sacramento since 2012. Talley served in several positions at the California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General from 2002 to 2014, including supervising deputy attorney general and deputy attorney general. She was an associate at Loeb and Loeb LLP from 1999 to 2002 and a partner at Feldman and Talley LLP from 1997 to 1999. Talley was an associate at Feldman and Shaffery from 1996 to 1997 and at Hornberger and Criswell from 1995 to 1996.
Advocacy / public roles
Talley is a Democrat.
Appointment / elevation
She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Robert C. Hight.
Wave 2 deepen from primary Governor Brown appointment announcement HTML (2017-12-22) (hourly 1941). Prior deepDive=Thin → Deep with 5 cited subsections. Grade unchanged. 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