Learn More about our Justices

Justices

Learn more about our justices and the eight divisions in which they work.  Justice Elwood Lui is the Administrative Presiding Justice for the Second District Court of Appeal.  

Current Justices

Justices and Judges

Division One

Frances Rothschild

Frances Rothschild

Presiding Justice
Since 2005
Helen I. Bendix

Helen I. Bendix

Associate Justice
Since 2018
Gregory J. Weingart

Gregory J. Weingart

Associate Justice
Since 2022

Division Two

Elwood Lui

Elwood Lui

Administrative Presiding Justice
Since 2015
Judith Ashmann-Gerst

Judith Ashmann-Gerst

Associate Justice
Since 2001
Portrait of Victoria M. Chavez

Victoria M. Chavez

Associate Justice
Since 2005
Justice Brian M. Hoffstadt

Brian M. Hoffstadt

Associate Justice
Since 2014

Division Three

Lee Smalley Edmon

Lee Smalley Edmon

Presiding Justice
Since 2014
Luis A. Lavin

Luis A. Lavin

Associate Justice
Since 2015
Anne H. Egerton

Anne H. Egerton

Associate Justice
Since 2017
Rashida A. Adams

Rashida A. Adams

Associate Justice
Since 2023

Division Four

Brian S. Currey

Brian S. Currey

Presiding Justice
Since 2018
Audrey B. Collins

Audrey B. Collins

Associate Justice
Since 2014
Justice Audra M Mori

Audra M. Mori

Associate Justice
Since 2023
Justice Helen Zukin

Helen Zukin

Associate Justice
Since 2023

Division Five

Lamar W. Baker

Lamar W. Baker

Associate Justice
Since 2015
Carl H. Moor

Carl H. Moor

Associate Justice
Since 2018
Portrait of Dorothy C. Kim

Dorothy C. Kim

Associate Justice
Since 2018

Division Six

Justice Arthur Gilbert

Arthur Gilbert

Presiding Justice
Since 1983
Justice Kenneth R. Yegan

Kenneth R. Yegan

Associate Justice
Since 1990
Justice Hernaldo J. Baltodano

Hernaldo J. Baltodano

Associate Justice
Since 2022
Justice Tari L Cody

Tari L. Cody

Associate Justice
Since 2023

Division Seven

Justice Gonzalo C. Martinez

Gonzalo C. Martinez

Presiding Justice
Since 2023
John L. Segal

John L. Segal

Associate Justice
Since 2015
Gail Ruderman Feuer

Gail Ruderman Feuer

Associate Justice
Since 2018
Associate Justice Natalie Stone

Natalie P. Stone

Associate Justice
Since 2024

Division Eight

Maria E. Stratton

Maria E. Stratton

Presiding Justice
Since 2018
Portrait of Elizabeth A. Grimes

Elizabeth A. Grimes

Associate Justice
Since 2010
John Shepard Wiley Jr.

John Shepard Wiley Jr.

Associate Justice
Since 2018
Portrait of Victor Viramontes

Victor Viramontes

Associate Justice
Since 2022

Former Justices

To see a list of previous justices who have graced our bench, visit our Former Justices page.

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Assigned Judges: June 2024

The following are currently sitting on assignment:

  • Judge Michael C. Kelley of the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court will be sitting Pro Tem in Division One until August 31, 2024
  • Judge Nicole C. Bershon of the Los Angeles County Superior Court will be sitting Pro Tem in Division Three until August 3, 2024
  • Judge Angela J. Davis of the Los Angeles County Superior Court will be sitting Pro Tem in Division Five until August 10, 2024