Simon J. Frankel (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
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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 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 San Francisco County Superior Court (Governor appointment announcement).
Education
Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School (per Governor appointment announcement).
Prior professional work
Frankel has been a Partner at Covington & Burling LLP since 2006. He was a Partner at Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin from 2001 to 2006 and an Associate there from 1994 to 2001. Frankel served as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Pierre Leval at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1992 to 1993 and for the Honorable Stephen Breyer at the U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, from 1991 to 1992 — 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; He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Harold E. Kahn. (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