Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Two: Shall Associate Justice STEVE GOORVITCH 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,
Steve Goorvitch
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · Official site
Goorvitch is an associate justice in Division Two of California's Second District Court of Appeal. He previously served on the Los Angeles Superior Court and as a federal prosecutor and SEC enforcement attorney.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 14 records
Served as an associate justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Two.
September 13, 2026
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Endorsed Maria Ghobadi for Los Angeles County Superior Court judge.
September 13, 2026
Source: mariaghobadi4judge.com
Authored Glick v. City of Los Angeles, restoring a jury's damages awards to two police officers.
July 31, 2026
Source: law.justia.com
Had his ruling in Jessica M. v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation affirmed in a published appellate decision.
April 23, 2026
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Was appointed to the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Two.
February 19, 2026
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Denied a challenge to Los Angeles County's hazardous-waste screening process for Palisades Fire debris.
January 21, 2026
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Granted summary judgment against employment claims in Noland v. Land of the Free, a ruling later affirmed on appeal.
September 12, 2025
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Dismissed a mandate petition after finding no ministerial duty requiring the City of Los Angeles to enforce specified building orders.
July 16, 2024
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Was appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
November 13, 2015
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Handled federal prosecutions charging seven people in a satellite-contract kickback scheme involving a Boeing official.
April 2, 2015
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Prosecuted a foreclosure-rescue fraud scheme whose organizer received a 25-year federal sentence.
September 12, 2011
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Handled a federal case charging six people in a $4 million mortgage-fraud scheme.
June 16, 2011
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Prosecuted a bank-bribery and investment-fraud case that ended in a federal jury conviction.
May 13, 2009
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Began serving as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Central District of California.
January 1, 2007
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Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 13 favorable
Authored In re Marriage of Martinez, affirming sanctions against counsel who delayed invoking a procedural objection.
July 9, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
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Was unanimously confirmed as an associate justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Two.
May 22, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
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Denied prosecutors' union claims challenging Los Angeles County transfers from the public defender's office.
February 11, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
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Upheld misconduct findings against a county probation officer but ordered the civil service commission to reconsider the penalty.
April 18, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: rulings.law
Denied a public-records petition after finding that the requested communications remained privileged.
September 20, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: rulings.law
Allowed an environmental-services company to pursue administrative and injunctive relief in a hazardous-waste dispute.
August 28, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
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Ordered liquidation of Western General Insurance Company after reviewing the insurance commissioner's application.
August 5, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence
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Presided over civil and criminal cases on the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
December 15, 2015Favorable on Legal Competence
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Began working as counsel at O'Melveny & Myers.
January 1, 2003Favorable on Legal Competence
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Began clerking for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Rosemary S. Pooler.
January 1, 2002Favorable on Legal Competence
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Began clerking for U.S. District Judge Nora M. Manella.
January 1, 2001Favorable on Legal Competence
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Represented the Securities and Exchange Commission in a federal enforcement case over unregistered securities sales and misleading offering claims.
December 19, 2000Favorable on Legal Competence
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Began enforcing federal securities laws as a staff attorney in the Securities and Exchange Commission's Enforcement Division.
January 1, 1998Favorable on Legal Competence
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