Judge
Contra Costa County Superior Court
Appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to the Contra Costa County Superior Court, March 27, 2026; Gibbs Law Group LLP
UC Berkeley School of Law
Columns
| Title | Category | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Work unseen: Successfully effectuating a damages class settlement | Law Practice, Civil Litigation | Nov. 11, 2021 |
Verdicts & Settlements
| Case Name | Topic | Role | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Shuman, et al. v. Squaretrade Inc. | Consumer Law | Plaintiff | Feb. 24, 2023 |
| Linda Parker Pennington, et al., individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Tetra Tech Inc.; Tetra Tech EC Inc.; Lennar Corporation; HPS1 Block 50 LLC; HPS1 Block 51 LLC; HPS1 Block 53 LLC; HPS1 Block 54 LLC; HPS1 Block 56/57 LLC; HPS Development Co.; Five Point Holdings LLC; Bill Dougherty; Andrew Bolt; Emile Haddad, and Does 1-100 | Torts | Plaintiff | May 20, 2022 |
| A.B., C.D., E.F., G.H., I.J., K.L., M.N., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. The Regents of the University of California, James Mason Heaps | Torts | Plaintiff | Dec. 11, 2020 |
| David Joh, et al. v. American Income Life Insurance Company, et al. | Employment Law | Plaintiff | Nov. 20, 2020 |
| Kathleen Bishop, et al., individually and on behalf of the putative class v. Behr Process Corp., et al. | Consumer Law | Plaintiff | Feb. 7, 2020 |
| Title | Category | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Work unseen: Successfully effectuating a damages class settlement | Law Practice, Civil Litigation | Nov. 11, 2021 |
| Case Name | Topic | Role | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Shuman, et al. v. Squaretrade Inc. | Consumer Law | Plaintiff | Feb. 24, 2023 |
| Linda Parker Pennington, et al., individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Tetra Tech Inc.; Tetra Tech EC Inc.; Lennar Corporation; HPS1 Block 50 LLC; HPS1 Block 51 LLC; HPS1 Block 53 LLC; HPS1 Block 54 LLC; HPS1 Block 56/57 LLC; HPS Development Co.; Five Point Holdings LLC; Bill Dougherty; Andrew Bolt; Emile Haddad, and Does 1-100 | Torts | Plaintiff | May 20, 2022 |
| A.B., C.D., E.F., G.H., I.J., K.L., M.N., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. The Regents of the University of California, James Mason Heaps | Torts | Plaintiff | Dec. 11, 2020 |
| David Joh, et al. v. American Income Life Insurance Company, et al. | Employment Law | Plaintiff | Nov. 20, 2020 |
| Kathleen Bishop, et al., individually and on behalf of the putative class v. Behr Process Corp., et al. | Consumer Law | Plaintiff | Feb. 7, 2020 |