A. Marisa Chun (San Francisco County)
Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
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 San Francisco
- Office
- District / seat
- San Francisco County Superior Court
- County
- San Francisco County
- Appellate district
- District 1
- 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, San Francisco County — from official Governor appointment announcement HTML.
Deep dive Deep
Cite-only career / advocacy Soft profile. FairPAC / Wake the Bench assessment — not an official court label.
Background
Judge of the San Francisco County Superior Court (Governor appointment announcement).
Education
Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School (per Governor appointment announcement).
Prior professional work
Chun has been a Partner at Crowell & Moring LLP since 2019. She was a Partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP from 2013 to 2019. Chun served as a U.S. Deputy Associate Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice from 2009 to 2013. She was a Partner and Associate at Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP from 1999 to 2009. Chun served as Senior Trial Attorney and Trial Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division from 1992 to 1996 and as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Robert Boochever at the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit from 1991 to 1992. She. — per Governor appointment announcement.
Advocacy / public roles
Not yet sourced — researchable.
Appointment / elevation
Appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom to the San Francisco County Superior Court; She fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Edward A. Torpoco. (per Governor appointment announcement).
Wave 2 deepen from primary Governor appointment announcement 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