L. Michael Clark (Santa Clara County)
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara
insufficient Left–Right record (FairPAC / Wake the Bench assessment — not an official court label): Insufficient public record. Insufficient Soft 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: Moderate. 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 Santa Clara
- Office
- District / seat
- Santa Clara County Superior Court
- County
- Santa Clara County
- Appellate district
- District 6
- 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, Santa Clara County — roster Soft from official Court biographies PDF (Judge L. Michael Clark).
Deep dive Partial
Cite-only career / advocacy Soft profile. FairPAC / Wake the Bench assessment — not an official court label.
Background
Santa Clara Superior Court Judge (Criminal Division). Prior judicial roles include Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court; Supervising Judge for Juvenile Justice, Collaborative Court, Family, and related divisions; administrative supervising roles in Criminal Division (per court biography PDF).
Education
Santa Clara University Law School; Fuller Theological Seminary; Westmont College — per court biography PDF.
Prior professional work
Not yet sourced — researchable.
Advocacy / public roles
Not yet sourced — researchable.
Appointment / elevation
Appointed to the Santa Clara Superior Court bench in 2008 (per court biography PDF).
Soft-added from primary Santa Clara Superior Court biography PDF. Soft Partial. Grade C.
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