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The View from the Bench
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About
This Course
Please join us as the judicial officers share their views on the present status of the court, as well as entertain questions from practitioners on issues related to family and juvenile law.
About the Presenters
Hon. Roger Chan
San Francisco Superior Court
Practice Area: Trial (+ 1 other areas)
Honorable Roger Chan was appointed to the San Francisco Superior Court by Governor Brown in 2016. He is currently the Supervising Judge of the Unified Family Court. Judge Chan is a member of the California Judges Association and the Co-Chair of CJA’s Juvenile Court Judges of California (JCJC) Legislative Committee. He is also a member of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the Judicial Council’s Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee. Prior to his appointment, Judge Chan represented children and youth in San Francisco and Alameda counties for 18 years, including co-founding and serving as Executive ...
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Hon. Anne Costin
San Francisco Superior Court
Practice Area: Trial (+ 1 other areas)
Honorable Anne Costin was appointed to the San Francisco Superior Court in 2023 by Governor Gavin Newsom. She is currently assigned to the Unified Family Court where she presides overlaw and motion calendars, family law trials, and domestic violence restraining order hearings. She was previously assigned to misdemeanor trials and preliminary hearings. Before joining the Court, Judge Costin practiced civil litigation. She primarily represented plaintiff employees indiscrimination and retaliation matters and tried many employment cases to verdict throughout California. Judge Costin was a Sole Practitioner from 2013-2023, and before that worked as an Associate at the Dolan Law Firm from ...
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Hon. Russell S. Roeca
San Francisco Superior Court
Practice Area: Trial (+ 2 other areas)
Honorable Russell S. Roeca was appointed to the San Francisco Superior Court in 2020 by Governor Gavin Newsom. Since his appointment he has presided over civil jury trials and spent two years at the Hall of Justice handling the Mental Health and Parole Courts. Judge Roeca currently is in his third year in Department 403 of the Unified Family Court. In December 2024 Judge Roeca was elected to the Executive Committee of the San Francisco Superior Court. He also serves on the Court’s Civil Grand Jury Committee. Judge Roeca is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Statewide ...
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Hon. Bobby P. Luna
San Francisco Superior Court
Practice Area: Trial (+ 1 other areas)
Honorable Bobby P. Luna was hired by the San Francisco Superior Court and sworn in as a Court Commissioner on June 3, 2024. Commissioner Luna is currently assigned to Department 416 as an AB-1058 Child Support Commissioner. Commissioner Luna is a member of the Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court in Sacramento and a member of the Lawyers’ Club of San Francisco Inn of Court. He is also a member of the California Judge’s Association and a member of the California Latino Judge’s Association, and the Cruz Reynoso Bar Association. Prior to joining the Bench, Commissioner Luna owned and ...
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