Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino / Joined 1989 / Served to 2009

James McGuire

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino

James McGuire was a Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino (62 judges, selected by merit selection with retention), who joined the court in 1989. They previously served on the New York Appellate Division. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1953 · age 73
Tenure: 1989–2009 · 20 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1989	Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino	–	–
2005	New York Appellate Division	–	–
2008	Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino	–	–
2009	Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, McGuire authored 26 published opinions for the court (2005–2011), plus 53 dissents and 38 concurrences. Most cited: Madison Avenue Leasehold, LLC v. Madison Bentley Associates LLC (283 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 117 of these were attributed to McGuire by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2006	Madison Avenue Leasehold, LLC v. Madison Bentley Associates LLC· Dissent†	30 A.D.3d 1	283
2011	People v. Sinha†	84 A.D.3d 35	249
2009	Addo v. Melnick· Dissent†	61 A.D.3d 453	80
2011	Chevalier v. 368 E. 148th Street Associates, LLC· Dissent†	80 A.D.3d 411	55
2008	Jones v. 414 Equities LLC†	57 A.D.3d 65	52
2007	Banc of America Securities LLC v. Solow Building Co. II, L.L.C.· Dissent†	47 A.D.3d 239	47
2007	Café La China Corp. v. New York State Liquor Authority· Dissent†	43 A.D.3d 280	46
2006	Branham v. Loews Orpheum Cinemas, Inc.· Dissent†	31 A.D.3d 319	37
2011	Gogos v. Modell's Sporting Goods, Inc.· Dissent†	87 A.D.3d 248	36
2007	Jordan Panel Systems Corp. v. Turner Construction Co.· Dissent†	45 A.D.3d 165	35
2011	People v. Encarnacion· Concurrence†	87 A.D.3d 81	30
2006	Uddin v. Cooper· Concurrence†	32 A.D.3d 270	30
2009	Gulf Insurance v. Transatlantic Reinsurance Co.†	69 A.D.3d 71	27
2008	Ashland Management Inc. v. Altair Investments· Concurrence†	59 A.D.3d 97	27
2010	Torres v. D'Alesso· Dissent†	80 A.D.3d 46	22

Showing the 15 most-cited of 117 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was James McGuire on?: James McGuire was a Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino.

Sources

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20 years on the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).