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?
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What does this office do?
- Deciding what state laws and the state constitution mean
- Setting rulings that lower state courts must follow
- Deciding major criminal and civil cases
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Gun Control,
Corey G. Lee
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · Official site
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
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Authored People v. Lua, allowing reimposition of a previously imposed upper prison term during resentencing without new jury findings.
June 26, 2026
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Authored In re N.J., requiring explicit recognition of presumed-father status and renewed compliance with Native American ancestry inquiry duties.
June 25, 2026
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Was nominated to the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Two.
August 7, 2025
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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
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Endorsed Judge Kenly Kiya Kato's nomination to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
January 31, 2022
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Presided over misdemeanor and felony hearings and jury trials on the San Bernardino County Superior Court.
July 16, 2015
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Presided over mental-health and drug-treatment courts in San Bernardino County.
July 16, 2015
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Was appointed to the San Bernardino County Superior Court.
July 16, 2015
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Presided over juvenile-delinquency matters on the San Bernardino County Superior Court.
July 16, 2015
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Prosecuted federal drug-conspiracy cases in the Inland Empire.
January 1, 2008
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Began serving as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Riverside branch of the Central District of California.
January 1, 2008
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Prosecuted racketeering cases involving organized gangs as a federal prosecutor.
January 1, 2008
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Prosecuted federal fraud cases in the Inland Empire.
January 1, 2008
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Began serving as a San Bernardino County deputy district attorney.
January 1, 2007
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Began serving as a Riverside County deputy district attorney.
January 1, 2004
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Prosecuted misdemeanor and felony cases involving violence against family members, domestic partners, and children.
January 1, 2004
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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
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Received an exceptionally-well-qualified rating from the Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation.
August 7, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
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Became chair of the Inland Empire Regional Judicial Selection Advisory Committee.
January 1, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
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Represented the Fourth District of the California Asian-Pacific American Judges Association.
July 1, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
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Began serving on the Inland Empire Regional Judicial Selection Advisory Committee.
January 1, 2019Favorable on Legal Competence
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Served as presiding judge of the San Bernardino County Superior Court's appellate division.
January 1, 2018Favorable on Legal Competence
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Served as a judge in the San Bernardino County Superior Court's appellate division.
July 16, 2015Favorable on Legal Competence
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Presided over limited and unlimited civil matters on the San Bernardino County Superior Court.
July 16, 2015Favorable on Legal Competence
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Became deputy chief of the U.S. attorney's Riverside branch.
January 1, 2012Favorable on Legal Competence
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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
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