Gregory J. WeingartIncumbent

Candidate for Court of Appeal Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division 1, Seat 3

Gregory J. Weingart is an Associate Justice of the California Second District Court of Appeal. He sits on Division One, in Los Angeles. He grew up in Arizona. He graduated cum laude from Pomona College. There he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He also won the senior prize in philosophy. Before law school he worked at the American Civil Liberties Union. He also worked on a 1988 presidential campaign. That was in Iowa and New Hampshire. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. His team won the Ames Moot Court competition there. He clerked for Judge William M. Byrne Jr. Byrne sat on the U.S. District Court, Central District of California. That clerkship ran from 1991 to 1992. He was an associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson. That was from 1992 to 1995. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. That was in the Central District of California, from 1995 to 2004. He returned to Munger Tolles as a partner. That ran from 2004 to 2018. Governor Jerry Brown appointed him to the Los Angeles County Superior Court. That was in December 2017. He served there for roughly four years. Governor Gavin Newsom nominated him to the Court of Appeal. That was in October 2022. The Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation rated him 'exceptionally well qualified.' The Commission on Judicial Appointments unanimously confirmed him. He took the oath on November 30, 2022. He joined the court after the 2022 election. So he now faces voters for the first time in this seat. The November 3, 2026 ballot asks Second Appellate District voters, yes or no, whether to retain him.

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