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May 2, 2024

Virtual Webinar, Becoming a Research Attorney in the Appellate Courts.

If you would like to learn how to become an appellate court research attorney, please join this virtual webinar on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. The event features introductory remarks by Judicial Appointments Secretary Luis Céspedes. Justice Teri L. Jackson, joined by Justice Victor Rodriguez, Justice Shama Hakim Mesiwala, and two current research attorneys, will discuss their pathway to becoming research attorneys for the appellate court. View here for information about how to register for the webinar.

January 30, 2024

Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero, chair of the Commission on Judicial Appointments, announced that the commission today confirmed Judge Monique Langhorne Wilson as an associate justice of the First District Court of Appeal. The appointment was confirmed unanimously. Before her confirmation, Justice Langhorne Wilson had served as a judge on the Napa County Superior Court since 2018. Click for the news release about Justice Langhorne Wilson and the confirmation hearing.

December 12, 2023

Justice Sandra L. Margulies retired today. She had been an associate justice in Division One since January 2002. Before her service on the Court of Appeal, she was for 14 years a judge on the Alameda County Superior Court. She has served on several Judicial Council advisory committees and other bodies, including the Task Force on Jury Instructions (1998-2005) and the Criminal Jury Instruction Advisory Committee (2006-11), which she also chaired. She served on the planning committee and as faculty for the California Judicial College and the New Judges Orientation Program. Justice Margulies participated in 3,307 decisions of the First District, and wrote opinions in 1,696 of those.

July 27, 2023

Justice Fujisaki represents District on Bias Prevention Committee 

Associate Justice Carin T. Fujisaki represents the First Appellate District on the Supreme Court and Appellate Court Bias Prevention Committee. Its mission is to support the integrity and impartiality of the judicial system and promote an appellate court environment free of bias. The committee’s membership roster consists of six associate justices drawn from each of the Court of Appeal Appellate Districts, six attorney members from around the state, a representative from the California Appellate Program, and a Clerk/Court Executive Officer. The Bias Prevention Committee was established under the Standards of Judicial Administration, standard 10.20.

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The 1st District is located in San Francisco. Its jurisdiction is over the following counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano, and Sonoma. It is divided into five non-geographical divisions with four justices each.  READ MORE >>