Corey G. Lee
CA · Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Two
Lee has served as an associate justice in Division Two of California's Fourth District Court of Appeal since 2025. She previously served for 10 years as a San Bernardino County Superior Court judge.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 17 records
Served as an associate justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Two.
September 13, 2026
Source: voterguide.sos.ca.gov
Authored People v. Lua, allowing reimposition of a previously imposed upper prison term during resentencing without new jury findings.
June 26, 2026
Source: law.justia.com
Authored In re N.J., requiring explicit recognition of presumed-father status and renewed compliance with Native American ancestry inquiry duties.
June 25, 2026
Source: law.justia.com
Was nominated to the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Two.
August 7, 2025
Source: sanbernardino.courts.ca.gov
Authored Safieddine v. MBC FZ while sitting by assignment, affirming that California lacked jurisdiction over foreign media companies in a defamation case.
June 26, 2024
Source: law.justia.com
Endorsed Judge Kenly Kiya Kato's nomination to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
January 31, 2022
Source: judiciary.senate.gov
Presided over misdemeanor and felony hearings and jury trials on the San Bernardino County Superior Court.
July 16, 2015
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Presided over mental-health and drug-treatment courts in San Bernardino County.
July 16, 2015
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Was appointed to the San Bernardino County Superior Court.
July 16, 2015
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Presided over juvenile-delinquency matters on the San Bernardino County Superior Court.
July 16, 2015
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Prosecuted federal drug-conspiracy cases in the Inland Empire.
January 1, 2008
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Began serving as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Riverside branch of the Central District of California.
January 1, 2008
Source: courts.ca.gov
Prosecuted racketeering cases involving organized gangs as a federal prosecutor.
January 1, 2008
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Prosecuted federal fraud cases in the Inland Empire.
January 1, 2008
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Began serving as a San Bernardino County deputy district attorney.
January 1, 2007
Source: courts.ca.gov
Began serving as a Riverside County deputy district attorney.
January 1, 2004
Source: courts.ca.gov
Prosecuted misdemeanor and felony cases involving violence against family members, domestic partners, and children.
January 1, 2004
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 10 favorable
Was unanimously confirmed as an associate justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Two.
November 17, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: courts.ca.gov
Received an exceptionally-well-qualified rating from the Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation.
August 7, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Became chair of the Inland Empire Regional Judicial Selection Advisory Committee.
January 1, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Represented the Fourth District of the California Asian-Pacific American Judges Association.
July 1, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: capaja.org
Began serving on the Inland Empire Regional Judicial Selection Advisory Committee.
January 1, 2019Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: gov.ca.gov
Served as presiding judge of the San Bernardino County Superior Court's appellate division.
January 1, 2018Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Served as a judge in the San Bernardino County Superior Court's appellate division.
July 16, 2015Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Presided over limited and unlimited civil matters on the San Bernardino County Superior Court.
July 16, 2015Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Became deputy chief of the U.S. attorney's Riverside branch.
January 1, 2012Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Reviewed asylum, deportation, and cancellation-of-removal matters for 26 immigration judges as a U.S. Justice Department law clerk.
January 1, 2003Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Past race Corey G. Lee ran in:
- Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division Two: Shall Associate Justice COREY G. LEE be elected to the office for the term provided by law? · November 3, 2026 · California · incumbent