Brian M. Hoffstadt

Authored People v. Santistevan, striking a great-bodily-injury enhancement prohibited for the underlying battery conviction.

August 27, 2026Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

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Authored People v. Cabrera, concurring that a 50-years-to-life sentence required access to youth-offender recall procedures.

May 9, 2025Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

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Handled criminal appeals while serving as an assistant U.S. attorney.

January 1, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Served as a federal criminal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles.

January 1, 2000Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Authored People v. Santistevan, striking a great-bodily-injury enhancement prohibited for the underlying battery conviction.

August 27, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Authored Husband v. Target, affirming judgment against disability claims where the employer lacked notice of the disability.

May 21, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

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Authored Benavides v. Superior Court, ordering dismissal after an unsupported preliminary-hearing delay.

July 16, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Authored Silva v. Cross Country Healthcare, affirming that an employer's one-sided arbitration arrangement was unconscionable.

June 13, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Authored People v. Cabrera, concurring that a 50-years-to-life sentence required access to youth-offender recall procedures.

May 9, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Authored Colonial Van & Storage v. Superior Court, rejecting employer liability for third-party violence against remote workers.

March 18, 2022Opposes Civil Rights

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Joined People v. Amaya, reversing felony counts and directing misdemeanor shoplifting treatment under Proposition 47.

November 3, 2015Supports Civil Rights

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Was unanimously confirmed as presiding justice of Division Five of the Second District Court of Appeal.

November 25, 2024

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Was appointed to Division Two of the Second District Court of Appeal by Governor Jerry Brown.

August 1, 2014

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Was appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

January 1, 2010

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Authored People v. Santistevan, striking a great-bodily-injury enhancement prohibited for the underlying battery conviction.

August 27, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored Husband v. Target, affirming judgment against disability claims where the employer lacked notice of the disability.

May 21, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored Hu v. XPO Logistics, affirming that a freight broker lacked control creating tort liability for an independent carrier's worker.

January 16, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored Benavides v. Superior Court, ordering dismissal after an unsupported preliminary-hearing delay.

July 16, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Authored Silva v. Cross Country Healthcare, affirming that an employer's one-sided arbitration arrangement was unconscionable.

June 13, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Authored People v. Cabrera, concurring that a 50-years-to-life sentence required access to youth-offender recall procedures.

May 9, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026

Taught evidence at the USC Gould School of Law.

January 1, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence

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Was unanimously confirmed as presiding justice of Division Five of the Second District Court of Appeal.

November 25, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence

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Chaired California's Appellate Justices Institute.

January 1, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence

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Coauthored a California evidence-law treatise.

January 1, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored Colonial Van & Storage v. Superior Court, rejecting employer liability for third-party violence against remote workers.

March 18, 2022Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored California Department of Tax and Fee Administration v. Superior Court, enforcing California's pay-first rule for tax challenges.

May 7, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence

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Coauthored the sixth edition of California Criminal Discovery.

January 1, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored Citizens Coalition Los Angeles v. City of Los Angeles, upholding the city's environmental review and zoning amendment.

August 23, 2018Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored Garcia v. Mercedes-Benz USA, modifying a costs award and otherwise affirming the judgment.

January 1, 2018Favorable on Legal Competence

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Was elected to the American Law Institute.

January 1, 2018Favorable on Legal Competence

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Chaired the Appellate Judges Education Institute Summit.

January 1, 2017Favorable on Legal Competence

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Joined People v. Amaya, reversing felony counts and directing misdemeanor shoplifting treatment under Proposition 47.

November 3, 2015Favorable on Legal Competence

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Coauthored the fifth edition of California Criminal Discovery.

January 1, 2015Favorable on Legal Competence

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Was appointed to Division Two of the Second District Court of Appeal by Governor Jerry Brown.

August 1, 2014Favorable on Legal Competence

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Joined the faculty of California's Judicial College.

January 1, 2012Favorable on Legal Competence

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Was appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

January 1, 2010Favorable on Legal Competence

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Became a partner in Jones Day's Issues and Appeals practice.

January 1, 2006Favorable on Legal Competence

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Handled criminal appeals while serving as an assistant U.S. attorney.

January 1, 2004Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Served as a federal criminal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles.

January 1, 2000Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Worked in the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Policy Development.

January 1, 1999Favorable on Legal Competence

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Worked on legal policy at the Federal Communications Commission.

January 1, 1997Favorable on Legal Competence

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Clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

January 1, 1996Favorable on Legal Competence

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Clerked for Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

January 1, 1995Favorable on Legal Competence

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