Judges who Win the CCP 170.6 Award!

[Valley Lawyer]

Here is a ranking of judges who have the most CCP 170.6 (peremptory challenges) and some comments concerning whether or not the consensus is to ding these ding bats :eek:

The number after each judge's name is the total number of affadavits filed against him/her:**

Ronald Shohigian 358  He’s the winner
Mary Ann Murphy 148  She’s scary if you are an appearance attorney!
Alan Buckner 100  He recently killed himself, but he was in 3rd Place
David Workman 92
Malcolm Mackey 92  Wacky Mackey seems like a nice guy.
Richard Hubbell 70
Alexander Williams III 67  His reputation from years ago still haunts him.
David Yaffe 66
Ernest Hiroshige 61  I like himk he is very easy going.
Jeffrey Wiatt 60
Irving Feffer 59
David Schacter 57  Smart man, follows the rules, but who knows?
Aurelio Munoz 56  Nice man, sometimes is on the Court of Appeals
Dzintra Janavs 54  Lunatic bitch  Stay away, and her voice is irritating.
Fumiko Wasserman 50

** (These numbers are from an article by Donald W. Ricketts, Esq., in the MetNews 10/2/03, summarizing information on the LACBA website.)
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The following two lists are alphabetical, and by judicial district:

Based upon 2002 and 2003 “I would 170.6 them” Listings:

1. Buckner, Alan G. (Central) - definite
2. Dau, Ralph W. (Central) - probable
3. Dunn, James R. (Central) - possible
4. Farrell, John P. (North Valley) - possible (2002 rating)
5. Freeman, Kenneth (Central) - probable
6. Goodson, Carol Bose (Central) - definite
7. Grimes, Elizabeth A. (Central) - definite
8. Hickock, Philip H. (Southeast) - possible (2002 rating)
9. Hilldreth, Martin (Rancho Cucamonga) - definite
10. Horn, Frederick P. (Orange County - Central) - definite (2002 rating)
11. Kalin, Joseph definite (Central) - definite (2002 rating)
12. Kehiayan, Haig (North Valley) - definite
13. Klein, Brett C. (Central) - definite (2002 rating)
14. Kristovich, Marlene (Compton) - definite
15. Light, Leslie (West) - possible
16. Lodge, Joseph L. (Santa Barbara) - definite (2002 rating)
17. Mackey, Malcolm H. (Central) - definite (2002 rating)
18. Meiers, Barbara A. (Central) - probable
19. Meyers, Patrick T (Southeast). - definite
20. Mining, David L. (Central) - definite
21. Monroe, William M. (Orange County - Central) - definite (2002 rating)
22. Murphy, Mary Ann (Central) - definite
23. Oberholzer, Richard J. (Bakersfield/Kern) - definite (2002 rating)
24. Parnell, Lorna (West) - possible
25. Pluim, Jan (Northeast) - probable
26. Reid, John H. (West) - definite (2002), use only for MSC’s
27. Rothschild, Frances (Central) - probable
28. Siegel, H. Warren - (Orange County - Harbor) - definite (2002 rating)
29. Smaltz, Lois Anderson (Torrance) - definite (from 2002)
30. Spitzer, Robert G. (Riverside - Corona) - definite (2002 rating)
31. Stuebbe, Jon E. (Bakersfield/Kern) - definite (2002 rating)
32. Sutton, James M. (Southeast) - “good” (2003), 170.6 (2002 rating)
33. ***le, Julius (West) - definite
34. Torres, Ricardo A. (Central) - probable (for women attorneys)
35. Tranbarger, Gary B. (Riverside - Corona) - definite (2002 rating)
36. Watson, John M. (Orange County - Central) - definite (2002 rating)
37. Wiatt, L. Jeffrey (North Valley) - definite
38. Willett, William G. (Torrance) - definite (from 2002)
39. Woolley, John C (Orange County - Central) - definite (2002 rating)
40. Mandabach, Frederick (Rancho Cucamonga/Redlands) - definite (2002
rating)
41. Van Stockum, Raymond P. (Rancho Cucamonga/Redlands) - probable (2002
rating)