page_title: California Courts of Appeal
section_title: Second District
hierarchical_section_title: California Courts of Appeal / Organization / Second District
caption_attribution_description: English: The Ronald Reagan State Building in the Civic Center district of Downtown Los Angeles, California. This building is home to the Los Angeles panels of the California Court of Appeal, Second District, as well as a branch office of the Supreme Court of California. The Supreme Court borrows the Court of Appeal's courtroom when it hears oral argument in Los Angeles.
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 Second District is one of the first three appellate districts created in 1904 and has its main courthouse in Los Angeles and the secondary courthouse, hosting Division Six, in Ventura. Division Six handles appeals from San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties, while Divisions One through Five, Seven, and Eight handle appeals from Los Angeles County. Each division has four justices.
  Division One:
  Frances Rothschild, Presiding Justice
  Victoria Gerrard Chaney, Associate Justice
  Jeffrey W. Johnson, Associate Justice
  Helen I. Bendix, Associate Justice
  Division Two:
  Elwood Lui, Administrative Presiding Justice
  Judith M. Ashmann-Gerst, Associate Justice
  Victoria M. Chavez, Associate Justice
  Brian M. Hoffstadt, Associate Justice
  Division Three:
  Lee Ann Edmon, Presiding Justice
  Luis A. Lavin, Associate Justice
  Anne H. Egerton, Associate Justice
  Halim Dhanidina, Associate Justice
  Division Four:
  Nora Margaret Manella, Presiding Justice
  Thomas L. Willhite, Jr., Associate Justice
  Audrey B. Collins, Associate Justice
  Brian S. Currey, Associate Justice
  Division Five:
  Laurence D. Rubin, Presiding Justice
  Lamar W. Baker, Associate Justice
  Carl H. Moor, Associate Justice
  Dorothy C. Kim, Associate Justice
  Division Six:
  Arthur Gilbert, Presiding Justice
  Kenneth R. Yegan, Associate Justice
  Steven Z. Perren, Associate Justice
  Martin J. Tangeman, Associate Justice
  Division Seven:
  Dennis M. Perluss, Presiding Justice
  Laurie D. Zelon, Associate Justice
  John L. Segal, Associate Justice
  Gail Ruderman Feuer, Associate Justice
  Division Eight:
  Tricia A. Bigelow, Presiding Justice
  Elizabeth A. Grimes, Associate Justice
  Maria E. Stratton, Associate Justice
  John Shepard Wiley, Jr., Associate Justice
caption: The Second District's main courthouse in Los Angeles, which it shares with the Supreme Court's branch office
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