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Justices

Learn More about our Justices

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Learn more about our sitting justices, assigned judges, and historical justices.

Current Justices

Division One

Jim Humes

Administrative Presiding Justice
Since 2012

Kathleen M. Banke

Associate Justice
Since 2009

Monique Langhorne Wilson

Associate Justice
Since 2024

Charles A. Smiley

Associate Justice
Since 2025

Division Two

Therese M. Stewart

Presiding Justice
Since 2014

James A. Richman

Associate Justice
Since 2006

Marla J. Miller

Associate Justice
Since 2014

Tara M. Desautels

Associate Justice
Since 2024

Division Three

Alison M. Tucher

Presiding Justice
Since 2018

Carin T. Fujisaki

Associate Justice
Since 2018

Ioana Petrou

Associate Justice
Since 2018

Victor Rodríguez

Associate Justice
Since 2021

Division Four

Tracie L. Brown

Presiding Justice
Since 2018

Jon B. Streeter

Associate Justice
Since 2014

Jeremy M. Goldman

Associate Justice
Since 2022

Division Five

Teri L. Jackson

Presiding Justice
Since 2020

Mark B. Simons

Associate Justice
Since 2001

Gordon B. Burns

Associate Justice
Since 2018

Danny Y. Chou

Associate Justice
Since 2023

Assigned Judges: April - May 2026

These current judicial officers are assigned to temporarily fill judicial vacancies at the First District:

  • Judge Alexandra Robert Gordon of San Francisco Superior Court will be sitting pro tempore in Division Four until September 30, 2026.

Former Justices

To see a list of jurists who have previously served the First District, visit our Former Justices page.

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