Superior Court of San Bernardino County, California

Superior Court

The Superior Court of San Bernardino County is one of 58 Superior Courts in California.

Judges

Judge	Tenure	Appointed By
Erin K. Alexander		Jerry Brown
Cara D. Hutson		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Michael A. Sachs		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Lily L. Sinfield		Jerry Brown
Carlos Cabrera		Jerry Brown
Lisa M. Rogan		Jerry Brown
John M. Pacheco		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Lynn Poncin
Bryan Stodghill	January 11, 2016 - Present	Jerry Brown
Kawika Smith	2021 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Michael A. Knish		Jerry Brown
Steven J. Singley	2014 - Present	Jerry Brown
Richard V. Peel		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Michelle Gilleece		Jerry Brown
Melissa Rodriguez	January 2, 2023 - Present
David Tulcan	January 2, 2023 - Present
R. Glenn Yabuno		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Bryan Foster		Gray Davis
Janet M. Frangie		Gray Davis
Rodney A. Cortez		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jon D. Ferguson
Colin J. Bilash		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Steve Malone
Steven A. Mapes		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Bridgid M. McCann
John P. Vander Feer
Ingrid Adamson Uhler
James J. Hosking
Alexander R. Martinez		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jay Robinson	2018 - Present	Jerry Brown
Joel Agron	2018 - Present	Jerry Brown
Lorenzo R. Balderrama		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Kyle S. Brodie		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Joseph Widman	2020 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Annemarie G. Pace		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Miriam Ivy Morton		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Stephan G. Saleson		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Wilfred J. Schneider Jr.		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Christopher Pallone	2018 - Present	Jerry Brown
David E. Driscoll	2018 - Present	Jerry Brown
Brian S. McCarville
Teresa M. Bennett
Donald R. Alvarez
Harold T. Wilson Jr.		Arnold Schwarzenegger
J. David Mazurek		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Stephanie Thornton-Harris	2018 - Present	Jerry Brown
Winston Keh		Jerry Brown
William Jefferson Powell IV		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Cheryl C. Kersey
Michael R. Libutti		Gray Davis
Joseph Ortiz	2020 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Katrina West		Gray Davis
David S. Cohn		Gray Davis
Gilbert G. Ochoa		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Gregory S. Tavill		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Thomas S. Garza		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Corey Lee	2015 - Present	Jerry Brown
Douglas K. Mann	2021 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Candice A. Garcia-Rodrigo	2021 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Aruna P. Rodrigo	2021 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Joni Sinclair		Gavin Newsom
Rasheed Alexander	January 2, 2023 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Jeffrey Erickson	2022 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Stephanie Tanada	2022 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Lenita Skoretz		Gavin Newsom
Charles Umeda	2015 - Present	Jerry Brown
Dan Detienne		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Khymberli S.Y. Apaloo		Jerry Brown
Debra Harris		Arnold Schwarzenegger
Guy A. Bovée	2020 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Marie Moreno Myers	January 2, 2023 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Geraldine Williams	2023 - Present
Kory Mathewson	2022 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Michael Dauber	2022 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Damian Garcia	2022 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Christian Towns	2022 - Present	Gavin Newsom
John Wilkerson	2023 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Charlie Hill Jr.	2023 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Enrique Guerrero	2023 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Albert Hsueh	2024 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Zahara Arredondo	2023 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Sarah Oliver	2023 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Jessica Morgan	2023 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Nicole Quintana Winter		Gavin Newsom
Shannon Faherty	2020 - Present	Gavin Newsom
Michael Camber		Jerry Brown
Antoine Raphael		Jerry Brown

Former judges

For information on former judges of the Superior Court of San Bernardino County, click here.

Judicial selection

The method of judicial selection for the California Superior Courts is officially nonpartisan election of judges, though many judges join the court via gubernatorial appointment. Once judges are appointed, they compete in the next general election following appointment.

If an incumbent Superior Court judge files for re-election and draws no opponent, that race does not appear on the ballot. If the race is contested, the candidate who wins more than 50% of the vote is elected. If no candidate receives more than 50%, the top two compete in a runoff in the general election in November.

See also

• San Bernardino County, California
• California Superior Courts

External links

• Superior Court of San Bernardino County
• California Courts, "Trial Court Roster"
• San Bernardino County Bar Association

California courts

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Federal courts:

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California

State courts:

California Supreme Court • California Courts of Appeal • California Superior Courts

State resources:

Courts in California • California judicial elections • Judicial selection in California

Elections

See also: California judicial elections

California is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in California, click here.

• California local trial court judicial elections, 2024
• California local trial court judicial elections, 2023
• California local trial court judicial elections, 2022
• California local trial court judicial elections, 2021
• California local trial court judicial elections, 2020
• California local trial court judicial elections, 2019
• California local trial court judicial elections, 2018
• California local trial court judicial elections, 2017
• California local trial court judicial elections, 2016
• California judicial elections, 2014
• California judicial elections, 2012
• California judicial elections, 2010

Selection method

See also: Nonpartisan election

The 1,535 judges of the California Superior Courts compete in nonpartisan races in even-numbered years. If a candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote in the June primary election, he or she is declared the winner; if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff between the top two candidates is held during the November general election.

If an incumbent judge is running unopposed in an election, his or her name does not appear on the ballot. The judge is automatically re-elected following the general election.

The chief judge of any given superior court is selected by peer vote of the court's members. He or she serves in that capacity for one or two years, depending on the county.

Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.

Election rules

Primary election

Only candidates for the superior courts compete in primary elections.

• If a superior court judge runs unopposed for re-election, his or her name does not appear on the ballot and he or she is automatically re-elected following the general election.

• Write-in candidates may file to run against an incumbent within 10 days after the filing deadline passes if they are able to secure enough signatures (between 100 and 600, depending on the number of registered voters in the county). In that case, the incumbent would appear on the general election ballot along with an option to vote for a write-in candidate.

• In contested races, the candidate who receives a majority of all the votes in the primary wins the election. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes in the primary, the top two compete in the November general election.

General election

• Superior court candidates who advance from the primary election compete in the general election.

• Superior court incumbents facing competition from write-in candidates appear on the ballot.