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Stanford University

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Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe	A.B.	Judge	1896
Dal Millington Lemmon	A.B.	Judge	1908
Justin Miller	A.B.	Associate Justice	1911
Gilbert H. Jertberg	A.B.	Judge	1920
Fred Kunzel	A.B.	Judge	1925
Stanley Alexander Weigel	A.B.	Judge	1926
Murray Draper		Justice	1930
Walter Early Craig	B.A.	Judge	1931
Bruce Rutherford Thompson	LL.B.	Judge	1936
Oliver Seth	B.A.	Judge	1937
Lawrence Tupper Lydick	A.B.	Judge	1938
Robert Francis Peckham	A.B.	Judge	1941
Betty Binns Fletcher	B.A.	Judge	1943
John Skylstead Rhoades Sr.	A.B.	Judge	1948
William Hubbs Rehnquist	B.A.	Chief Justice	1948
Sandra Day O'Connor	A.B.	Associate Justice	1950
Cynthia Holcomb Hall	A.B.	Judge	1951
Charles A. Legge	A.B.	Judge	1952
Sandra Day O'Connor	LL.B.	Judge	1952
Wayne Edward Alley	A.B.	Judge	1952
Harry Lindley Hupp	A.B.	Judge	1953
Harry Lindley Hupp	LL.B.	Judge	1955
Carlos T. Bea	B.A.	Judge	1956
David M. Gill	with distinction	Judge	1956
Anthony McLeod Kennedy	B.A.	Associate Justice	1958
Carlos T. Bea	J.D.	Judge	1958
Stephen Gerald Breyer	A.B.	Associate Justice	1959
Stuart Robert Pollak	with great distinction	Presiding Justice	1959
John A. Torribio Jr.		Judge	1962
Linda Hodge McLaughlin	B.A.	Judge	1963
Linda Hodge McLaughlin	B.A.	Judge	1963
Allan Dee Hymer		Judge	1965
Stephen V. R. Manley		Judge	1966
James V. Selna	A.B.	Judge	1967
Joseph Henry Huber		Judge	1967
Michael Larned Stern		Judge	1967
Richard Gaylore Stearns	B.A.	Judge	1968
Dennis Allison Cornell		Associate Justice	1969
Kathleen Rose O'Connor		Judge	1969
Charles Benson Burch	B.A. Political Science	Judge	1970
George P. Schiavelli	A.B.	Judge	1970
Irma Elsa Gonzalez	B.A.	Judge	1970
Irma Elsa Gonzalez	B.A.	Judge	1970
John M. Rogers	B.A.	Judge	1970
Paul Kellogg Richardson	History, Political Science	Judge	1970
Claudia Ann Wilken	B.A.	Judge	1971
Gene E.K. Pratter	A.B.	Judge	1971
Jeremy D. Fogel	B.A.	Judge	1971
Jeremy D. Fogel	B.A.	Judge	1971
Christine W. Byrd	Sociology	Judge	1972
Consuelo Maria Callahan	A.B.	Judge	1972
Consuelo Maria Callahan	A.B.	Justice	1972
Fern M. Smith	B.A.	Judge	1972
James Ware	J.D.	Judge	1972
Dana Lewis Christensen	B.A.	Judge	1973
Ray Antonio Nava Santana		Judge	1973
Robert Charles Vanderet		Judge	1973
William David Claster		Judge	1973
Laurie Smith Camp	B.A.	Judge	1974
Phyllis Jean Hamilton	B.A.	Judge	1974
Carlos R. Moreno	J.D.	Justice	1975
Fern M. Smith	J.D.	Judge	1975
Gail Killefer		Judge	1975
Jeffrey Steven Ross		Judge	1975
Julie Fox Blackshaw		Judge	1975
Scott Milne Matheson Jr.	A.B.	Judge	1975
Carol Lynn Rose		Judge	1977
John A. Mendez	B.A.	Judge	1977
John A. Mendez	B.A.	Judge	1977
Patricia Guerrero		Chief Justice	1977
Jon Burgess Streeter		Associate Justice	1978
Roger C. Chan	Political Science, Economics	Judge	1978
Thomas DeSantos		Associate Justice	1978
Amalia Lupe Meza		Judge	1979
Cynthia Aaron	Psychology, with distinction & honors	Associate Justice	1979
David Vincent Herriford		Judge	1979
Paul G. Cassell	B.A.	Judge	1979
Roberta S. Hayashi		Judge	1979
Rochelle C. East		Judge	1979
Yolanda Orozco		Judge	1979
Elizabeth Annette Grimes		Associate Justice	1980
Andrea Lynn Hoch		Associate Justice	1981
Dorothy Lynn Shubin		Judge	1981
Douglas Warren Sortino		Judge	1981
Emily S. Garcia Uhrig		Judge	1981
Patricia Jo Titus Turner		Judge	1981
Philip Lee Soto		Judge	1981
Drew Elliot Edwards		Judge	1982
Christy Virginia Keeny		Judge	1983
Michael David Terrell		Judge	1983
Robert B. Hawk		Judge	1983
Yvette Marie Palazuelos		Judge	1984
David Andrew Hoffer	with distinction	Judge	1985
Yvonne Esperanza Campos	Economics, Political Science	Judge	1985
Gustavo Gomez		Judge	1986
Richard Brownley Ulmer Jr.		Judge	1986
Allison Hartwell Eid	A.B.	Judge	1987
Barbara Catherine Hinton		Judge	1987
Brian Matthew Morris	B.A.	Judge	1987
Cindy Seeley Hendrickson		Judge	1987
Thomas Sean McConville	Public Policy	Judge	1987
Vanessa W. Vallarta		Judge	1987
Laura Louise Laesecke		Judge	1988
Samantha P. Jessner		Judge	1988
Elaine Lu		Judge	1989
Srikanth Srinivasan	B.A.	Judge	1989
Hernán Diego Vera	B.A.	Judge	1991
Alison Margaret Tucher		Presiding Justice	1992
Brian Matthew Morris	J.D.	Justice	1992
Elena Jeannette Duarte		Associate Justice	1992
Joseph J. Burghardt		Judge	1994
Karin Star Schwartz		Judge	1994
Manish Suresh Shah	B.A.	Judge	1994
James C. Ho	B.A.	Judge	1995
Joshua Paul Groban	with honors and distinction	Associate Justice	1995
Michelle Taryn Friedland	B.S.	Judge	1995
Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle	Political Science	Justice	1995
Selena D. Epley		Judge	1995
Curtis Arthur Kin		Judge	1996
Liam Patrick Hardy	Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering	Judge	1996
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar	Political Science	Associate Justice	1996
Allison Marston Danner		Justice	1997
Sunshine Suzanne Sykes	B.A.	Judge	1997
Sunshine Suzanne Sykes	English, with honors	Judge	1997
Truc Thanh Do		Judge	1997
Alison Margaret Mackenzie	History	Judge	1998
Daniel Martin Wolk	Economics	Judge	1999
Elizabeth Michelle Hill		Judge	2000
Holly Aiyisha Thomas	A.B.	Judge	2000
Noël Wise		Judge	2002
Sarala Vidya Nagala	B.A.	Judge	2005
Tiffany Mae Cartwright	B.A.	Judge	2007
Alan M. Loeb		Judge	–
Alexander Ostroumov Bryner		Justice	–
Anthony Rene Villalobos		Judge	–
Barbara Durham		Justice	–
Brent R. Appel		Justice	–
Bruce E. Chan		Judge	–
Carrie Ajimura Zepeda		Judge	–
Cc Bridgewater		Judge	–
Chase T. Rogers		Justice	–
Curtis B. Rappé		Judge	–
Daniel A. Barker		Judge	–
Daniel A. Sisk		Justice	–
Daniel Edward Winfree		Justice	–
David Mannheimer		Judge	–
Diane M. Johnsen		Judge	–
Donald R. Wright		Chief Justice	–
Emil C. Peters		Justice	–
Enrique Monguia		Judge	–
Ernest W. McFarland		Justice	–
Eugene C. Pratt		Justice	–
Florence Y. Pan		Judge	–
Frank K. Richardson		Associate Justice	–
Frank X. Gordon Jr.		Justice	–
Goodwin Hon Liu	Biology	Associate Justice	–
Gordon Rufus Thompson		Justice	–
Holly Aiyisha Thomas		Judge	–
Homer R. Spence		Justice	–
Jayne Chong-Soon Lee	1993	Judge	–
Jess E. Stephens		Justice	–
John Phillip Devine	Liberal Arts	Judge	–
John S. Adams		Judge	–
John S.W. Lim		Judge	–
Joseph M. Livermore		Judge	–
Joseph R. Grodin		Associate Justice	–
Judy Johnson	Political Science	Judge	–
Kate Powell Segerstrom		Judge	–
Kimberley Baker Guillemet		Judge	–
Lamar W. Baker		Associate Justice	–
Laura J. Davis		Judge	–
Lee Metcalf		Justice	–
Lia Raeshawn Martin		Judge	–
Marshall F. McComb		Justice	–
Mathew Tobriner		Justice	–
Maurice T. Dooling Jr.		Justice	–
Melissa R. McCormick		Judge	–
Michael Anthony Tynan	Political Science	Judge	–
Michelle C. Kim		Judge	–
Morgan Christen		Justice	–
Peter Eckerstrom		Judge	–
R.C. Stanford		Justice	–
Richard Y. Lee		Judge	–
Robert Gordon Klein		Judge	–
Robert Sherlock Smith		Judge	–
Ronald M. George		Associate Justice	–
Seth D. Montgomery		Justice	–
Shawna Marie Schwarz		Judge	–
Stephen Henry Levinson		Justice	–
Thomas D. Long		Judge	–
Thomas Eilif Kuhnle	Economics	Judge	–
Tony Leroy Richardson		Judge	–
Victor Garcia Viramontes		Judge	–
Wallace P. Carson Jr.		Justice	–
Warren W. Matthews Jr.		Justice	–
William A. Neumann		Justice	–
William A. Thorne Jr.		Judge	–
Williby E. Case		Judge	–
Winifred Sharp		Judge	–
Winslow Christian		Presiding Justice	–

Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Verify against the primary source before relying.