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The state Administrative Office of the Courts maintains an official roster of all superior court judges, including the 431 judges of the L.A. Superior Court. Median spending for a judicial office election for the Los Angeles County Superior Court has risen from $3,177 in 1970 to $70,000 in 1994. [13] Notable judges:
Superior court judges are elected by each county's voters to six-year terms. California attorneys are allowed to run against sitting superior court judges at their retention elections, and have occasionally succeeded in doing so. Vacancies in the superior courts are filled by appointments made by the governor.
Delbert E. Wong (1948): [40] [41] [42] First Chinese American male judge Los Angeles County, California (1959) Carlos Teran: [31] [174] First Mexican American male to serve as a Judge of the Superior Court in Los Angeles County, California (1959). He was also the first Mexican American male appointed as a municipal court judge in East Los ...
Los Angeles County Superior Court (2010– ) California: active: Darleen Ortega [430] Oregon Court of Appeals (2003– ) Oregon: active: S. James Otero [431] Los Angeles County Superior Court (1990–2003); United States District Court for the Central District of California (2003–2020) California: retired: Ella Ortiz [432] Napa County ...
The L.A. County Superior Court system overhauled the way it uses cash bail last year, triggering a lawsuit from more than a dozen cities that a judge all but struck down last December.
Debra Archuleta, Los Angeles County Superior Court judge [4] Jeff Chemerinsky, former assistant U.S. Attorney [5] Jonathan Hatami, deputy district attorney [6] Dan Kapelovitz, criminal defense attorney [4] Lloyd Masson, cold case prosecutor [4] John McKinney, deputy district attorney [7] David Milton, former Los Angeles County Superior Court ...
Lee S. Edmon: [416] [417] First female to serve as the Assistant Presiding Judge (2009-2010) and Presiding Judge (2011-2012) of Los Angeles County Superior Court Carol L. Newman (1979): [ 418 ] First openly L GBT female to serve as the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, Los Angeles County, California (2015)
Superior Court of Los Angeles County (1957–1968); California Court of Appeal, 2nd District (1968–1972) California: deceased First Japanese American judge in the continental U.S. [12] Kathryn Akao Superior Court of Santa Cruz County (1994–2005) California: deceased [13] Benes Z. Aldana: Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals (2005–2017 )