| Judge | County | Cases | Granted | Denied | Continued | Grant rate |
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| Judge | County | Cases | Granted | Denied | Continued | Grant rate |
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| Judge | County | Cases | Granted | Denied | Continued | Grant rate |
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| N/A | Nevada County | 33 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 9% |
| Richard C. Darwin | San Francisco County | 33 | 18 |
Use the search bar on DecisionDepot's judge directory to find any California Superior Court judge by name. Each judge's profile shows their overall grant rate, denial rate, and continuance rate derived from all indexed tentative rulings, plus a motion-type breakdown so you can see how they rule on demurrers, summary judgments, motions to compel, and other common motions separately.
DecisionDepot's judge directory can be sorted by grant rate (click the 'Grant rate' column header). Grant rates vary widely by judge and by motion type — always check the full motion-type breakdown on a judge's individual profile. Data is derived from publicly posted tentative rulings across 34+ California Superior Courts.
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| James M. Schurz | Marin County | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3% |
| Patrick M. Broderick | Sonoma County | 33 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0% |
| John Tomberlin | Sonoma County | 31 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13% |
| Rene A. Chouteau | Sonoma County | 31 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 19% |
| Richard K. Sueyoshi | Sacramento County | 30 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0% |
| DeNoce | Ventura County | 30 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 53% |
| Not specified | San Luis Obispo County | 30 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 17% |
| J. Richard Distaso | Stanislaus County | 29 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10% |
| Oscar A. Pardo | Sonoma County | 29 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21% |
| Joseph Widman | San Bernardino County | 28 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 29% |
| HONORABLE NANCY L. FINEMAN | San Mateo County | 28 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 39% |
| Hon. Beth S. Jordan | Marin County | 27 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30% |
| Elliot L. Daum | Sonoma County | 27 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7% |
| Honorable Daniel T. Nishigaya | Santa Clara County | 27 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 44% |
| Carlos M. Cabrera | San Bernardino County | 27 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 30% |
| Thadd A. Blizzard | Sacramento County | 26 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 38% |
| Hon. Mark A. Talamantes | Marin County | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 36% |
| Hon. James M. Schurz | Marin County | 25 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28% |
| Albert A. Erkel | Placer County | 25 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 28% |
| Garrett L. Wong | San Francisco County | 25 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12% |
| D. Tyler Tharpe | Fresno County | 25 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 24% |
| Nicole Quintana Winter | San Bernardino County | 24 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 50% |
| Jeffrey Jones | Imperial County | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ruben Sundeen | Alameda County | 24 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 63% |
| Amber Rosen | Santa Clara County | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 48% |
| COMMISSIONER CHRISTINE S. DEHR | Placer County | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27% |
| Brock T. Hammond | Los Angeles County | 22 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 50% |
| James I. Montgomery | Los Angeles County | 21 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 29% |
| Gilbert G. Ochoa | San Bernardino County | 21 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 43% |
| Victor M. Hwang | San Francisco County | 21 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 29% |
| Steven M. Gevercer | Sacramento County | 21 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5% |
| Robert B. Broadbelt III | Los Angeles County | 21 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 38% |
| Russell Burke | Tulare County (Civil) | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Charles H. Ervin | Sonoma County | 19 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16% |
| THE HONORABLE MICHAEL W. JONES | Placer County | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 37% |
| Sarah Birmingham | Stanislaus County | 19 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0% |
| Richard S. Kemalyan | Los Angeles County | 19 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 37% |
| Hon. Stephen P. Freccero | Marin County | 19 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 37% |
| Joseph B. Widman | San Bernardino County | 19 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 26% |
| Elaine Lu | Los Angeles County | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 32% |
| Karine Mkrtchyan | Los Angeles County | 18 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 39% |
| Kathleen Diesman | San Francisco County | 18 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 28% |
| Amy N. Carter | Los Angeles County | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 44% |
| Lloyd Llewelyn | Napa County | 18 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 39% |
| Jared D. Beeson | Stanislaus County | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Steven Streger | Tuolumne County | 17 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 65% |
| Hallie Gorman Campbell | Tuolumne County | 17 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12% |
| Eric Harmon | Los Angeles County | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 35% |