Court Rules

Los Angeles Superior Court

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The Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles is the state trial court serving Los Angeles County. Court Rules tracks its local rules, courthouse assignments, courtroom procedures, and judge-specific materials.

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Los Angeles Superior Court filing resources

The Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles handles one of the country's busiest trial court dockets. This page collects official local rules, civil division rules, e-filing, and holiday resources

Court role

High-volume California trial court for Los Angeles County civil, criminal, family, probate, juvenile, traffic, and small claims matters

Rules to check

Local Rules Chapter Three for civil practice, California Rules of Court, and the division page for the case type

Deadline risk

Court-day calculations can change around California judicial holidays, especially Thanksgiving week

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Judges

Michelle Lim
Judge
A. Ashley Tabaddor
Judge
Alan B. Honeycutt
Judge
Alexander C. D. Giza
Judge
Alison Mackenzie
Judge
Allison L. Westfahl Kong
Judge
Andrew E. Cooper
Judge
Andrew Esbenshade
Judge
Ann H. Park
Judge
Ashfaq G. Chowdhury
Judge
Barbara A. Meiers
Judge
Benjamin P. Hernandez-Stern
Judge
Bernie C. LaForteza
Judge
Bradley S. Phillips
Judge
Brian F. Gasdia
Judge
Brock T. Hammond
Judge
Bruce G. Iwasaki
Judge
Bryant Y. Yang
Judge
Cherisse Heidi A. Cleofe
Judge
Cherol J. Nellon
Judge
Christian R. Gullon
Judge
Christopher K. Lui
Judge
Cindy Panuco
Judge
Colin Leis
Judge
Curtis A. Kin
Judge
Daniel L. Alexander
Judge
Daniel M. Crowley
Judge
Daniel S. Murphy
Judge
David A. Perkiss
Judge
David B. Gelfound
Judge
David K. Reinert
Judge
David W. Swift
Judge
Dean J. Kitchens
Judge
Doreen B. Boxer
Judge
Edward B. Moreton Jr.
Judge
Elaine W. Mandel
Judge
Elihu M. Berle
Judge
Elizabeth L. Bradley
Judge
Eric Harmon
Judge
Ericka J. Wiley
Judge
Frank M. Tavelman
Judge
Frederick C. Shaller
Judge
Gary D. Roberts
Judge
Gary Tokumori
Judge
Gregory W. Alarcon
Judge
Huey P. Cotton
Judge
Ian C. Fusselman
Judge
James I. Montgomery Jr.
Judge
Janet E. Hong
Judge
Jared D. Moses
Judge
Jeffery D. McFarland
Judge
Jennifer S. Romano
Judge
Jerrold Abeles
Judge
Jerry B. Marshak
Judge
Jon R. Takasugi
Judge
Jonathan H. Eisenman
Judge
Joseph Lipner
Judge
Julian C. Recana
Judge
Justin A. Ford
Judge
Karen Moskowitz
Judge
Karine Mkrtchyan
Judge
Kevin C. Brazile
Judge
Kristin S. Escalante
Judge
Lauren A. R. Lofton
Judge
Lawrence P. Riff
Judge
Lee S. Arian
Judge
Lee W. Tsao
Judge
Lisa K. Sepe-Wiesenfeld
Judge
Lynette Gridiron Winston
Judge
Maria Jhai
Judge
Marisa Hernandez-Stern
Judge
Mark A. Young
Judge
Mark C. Kim
Judge
Mark H. Epstein
Judge
Maureen Duffy-Lewis
Judge
Melvin D. Sandvig
Judge
Michael B. Wilson
Judge
Michael E. Whitaker
Judge
Michael J. O'Gara
Judge
Michael P. Vicencia
Judge
Michael Shultz
Judge
Michael Small
Judge
Michele E. Flurer
Judge
Mike H. Madokoro
Judge
Nicole M. Heeseman
Judge
Peter A. Hernandez
Judge
Phu Nguyen
Judge
Ralph C. Hofer
Judge
Randolph M. Hammock
Judge
Richard L. Fruin
Judge
Richard S. Kemalyan
Judge
Robert B. Broadbelt
Judge
Ronald F. Frank
Judge
Rupert A. Byrdsong
Judge
Ryan D. White
Judge
Sabina A. Helton
Judge
Salvatore Sirna
Judge
Samantha P. Jessner
Judge
Sarah J. Heidel
Judge
Sarvenaz Bahar
Judge
Sherry Powell
Judge
Shirley K. Watkins
Judge
Steve Cochran
Judge
Susan Bryant-Deason
Judge
Tamara Hall
Judge
Teresa A. Beaudet
Judge
Theresa M. Traber
Judge
Thomas D. Long
Judge
Tiana J. Murillo
Judge
Tony L. Richardson
Judge
Upinder S. Kalra
Judge
Victor Avila
Judge
Virginia Keeny
Judge
Wendy Chang
Judge
William A. Crowfoot
Judge
William E. Weinberger
Judge
William Fahey
Judge
William H. Forman
Judge