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Los Angeles County Superior Court

The Superior Court of Los Angeles County is the California Superior Court located in Los Angeles County. It is the largest single unified trial court in the United States.

Superior Court overview

  • Samantha P. Jessner, Presiding Judge
  • David W. Slayton, Executive Officer/Clerk

The Superior Court operates 37 courthouses throughout the county. Currently, the Presiding Judge is Samantha P. Jessner and David W. Slayton is the Executive Officer/Clerk of Court. They, together with 583 judicial officers and 4,800 employees, operate the nearly 600 courtrooms throughout the county, with an annual budget of over $1 billion.[1]

Alhambra Courthouse, First Street and Commonwealth Avenue

Airport Courthouse, 105 and 405 freeway intersection

Catalina Courthouse, , smallest, one part-time courtroom

Catalina Island

Bellflower Courthouse

Beverly Hills Courthouse

Burbank Courthouse

Chatsworth Courthouse

Compton Courthouse

Downey Courthouse

East Los Angeles Courthouse

El Monte Courthouse

Glendale Courthouse

Hollywood Courthouse

Huntington Park Courthouse

Inglewood Courthouse

Long Beach Courthouse

Malibu Courthouse

Metropolitan Courthouse

Antelope Valley Courthouse

Michael D. Antonovich

Norwalk Courthouse

Pasadena Courthouse

Pomona Courthouse North

Pomona Courthouse South

Redondo Beach Courthouse

San Fernando Courthouse

San Pedro Courthouse

San Pedro Courthouse Annex

Santa Clarita Courthouse

Santa Monica Courthouse

Downtown Los Angeles, 100 courtrooms, largest courthouse in the United States

Stanley Mosk Courthouse

Torrance Courthouse

Van Nuys Courthouse East

Van Nuys Courthouse West

West Covina Courthouse

West Los Angeles Courthouse

Whittier Courthouse

1.7 million traffic tickets

About 500,000 criminal cases

Nearly 120,000 family law cases

Over 150,000 civil lawsuits

The Court uses the California Court Case Management System (CCMS) v3,[4] and exposes services to the public such as the Criminal Defendant Index, Civil Party Name Search, Civil Case Document Images, Traffic Ticket Online Services, e-File Small Claims, and Divorce Judgment Documents. The difference between CCMS and these other services is similar to the difference between the federal CM/ECF and PACER systems.


The Court has nearly 4,800 employees, operates nearly 600 courtrooms throughout the county, and has an annual budget of $1 billion. The Court has 2.7 million new cases each year:


Pursuant to California Government Code and the California Rules of Court, the Los Angeles County Superior Court has adopted Local Rules for its government and the government of its officers.[5][6] The Presiding Judge assigns cases to departments and judges to departments.[7][8] Nominations and election of the Presiding and Assistant Presiding Judge are made by all judges and take place between September and October of each year.[9][10] All departments are divided into several principal divisions under the policy and procedures established by its supervising judge, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee and the Presiding Judge.[7]

3.1 million of the County's residents are called for jury duty each year

1 million people became qualified jurors

Between 7,000 to 10,000 people serve as jurors every day

Over 5,500 jury trials are held each year

Average length of a trial is about 7 days

$15 per day and 34 cents per miles (one way) compensation after the first day

18 years of age or older, citizen of the United States and a resident of Los Angeles County are minimum requirements

Hillside Strangler

Charles Manson murders

O. J. Simpson murder case

The Onion Field

Paul v. Clinton

Phil Spector murder of Lana Clarkson

Lee Marvin palimony case

(Michael Jackson's last doctor)

Trial of Conrad Murray

Superior Courts of California

Santa Clara County Superior Court

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