page_title: California Courts of Appeal
section_title: First District
hierarchical_section_title: California Courts of Appeal / Organization / First District
caption_attribution_description: English: The Earl Warren Building and Courthouse (former California State Building) — at Civic Center Plaza in the San Francisco Civic Center, California. This building is home to the Supreme Court of California and the Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District. Credits Photographed by user Coolcaesar on en:August 31, en:2006.
context_page_description: The California Courts of Appeal are the state intermediate appellate courts in the U.S. state of California. The state is geographically divided along county lines into six appellate districts. The Courts of Appeal form the largest state-level intermediate appellate court system in the United States, with 106 justices.
context_section_description: The California Court of Appeal for the First District is one of the first three appellate districts created in 1904 and 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:
  Division One:
  Jim Humes, Administrative Presiding Justice
  Sandra L. Margulies, Associate Justice
  Kathleen M. Banke, Associate Justice
  Gabriel P. Sanchez, Associate Justice
  Division Two:
  J. Anthony Kline, Presiding Justice
  James A. Richman, Associate Justice
  Theresa M. Stewart, Associate Justice
  Marla J. Miller, Associate Justice
  Division Three:
  Peter J. Siggins, Presiding Justice
  Carin T. Fujisaki, Associate Justice
  Ioana Petrou, Associate Justice
  Teri L. Jackson, Associate Justice
  Division Four:
  Stuart R. Pollak, Presiding Justice
  Jon B. Streeter, Associate Justice
  Alison M. Tucher, Associate Justice
  Tracie L. Brown, Associate Justice
  Division Five:
  Barbara J. R. Jones, Presiding Justice
  Mark B. Simons, Associate Justice
  Henry E. Needham, Jr., Associate Justice
  Gordon B. Burns, Associate Justice
caption: The Supreme Court of California's headquarters is also home to the First District
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