Regional judicial office
Next retention 2030Administrative Presiding Justice, Second District Court of Appeal, Division Two
Current officeholder
Elwood Lui
Justice Elwood Lui currently serves in the Los Angeles-based court unit. The Secretary of State lists the next retention vote for November 5, 2030.
- Court
- Second District Court of Appeal, Division Two
- Electorate
- Second Appellate District voters
- Court location
- Los Angeles
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The gold map shows the appellate district service area used for this retention vote.
Office overview
What voters are deciding
The office, electorate, and court jurisdiction are separate from the record of the person currently holding the office.
Next scheduled vote
Future retention date listed by the Secretary of State
Yes or No retention vote
A Yes vote retains the justice in office. A No vote means the justice is not retained in the office.
- Current term listed ending
- January 6, 2031
- Official note
- The Secretary of State schedule lists this term ending January 6, 2031 and the next retention vote on November 5, 2030.
Current officeholder
Elwood Lui
The official court profile and state election schedule identify this justice as the current officeholder. The appointing officeholder is shown from the linked public appointment record.
- Role
- Administrative Presiding Justice
- Official profile
- Since 2015
- Oath date
- January 7, 2019
- Term listed ending
- January 6, 2031
- Appointed by
- Edmund G. Brown Jr. (Jerry Brown)Governor of California, 2015.View appointment source ↗
General jurisdiction
Types of matters this court hears
These categories describe the court’s work, not a current assignment list for one justice.
Civil appeals
Reviews appealable judgments and orders from superior court civil cases.
Criminal appeals
Reviews criminal judgments and specified post-judgment orders from superior courts.
Family and juvenile appeals
Reviews appealable orders in family, dependency, and delinquency matters.
Original writ proceedings
Considers petitions asking the appellate court for extraordinary relief.
Court colleagues
Other members of this court
Cases are ordinarily decided by three-justice panels drawn from this court unit.
Associate Justice
Stephen Goorvitch
Since 2026Paper Trail Politics pageOpen judge page →Associate Justice
Victoria M. Chavez
Since 2005Paper Trail Politics pageOpen judge page →Associate Justice
Anne K. Richardson
Since 2024Paper Trail Politics pageOpen judge page →Roster reviewed · Official current justices roster ↗
Past judicial record
Selected authored opinions
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Selected past-opinion review in progress
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Browse the official opinions archive ↗Public court records
Calendar, dockets, and opinions
Calendars show scheduled court proceedings, not a personalized list of cases assigned to this justice. This page does not publish an active-case feed.
Oral argument calendar
See the Second District’s published oral argument calendar.
Open calendar ↗Appellate case information
Search Supreme Court and Court of Appeal records by case number or party name.
Search cases ↗Published and unpublished opinions
Browse the Judicial Branch opinion archive and search by court or case number.
Browse opinions ↗Public accountability
Judicial discipline
Public accountability records from California’s Commission on Judicial Performance.
Public decisions foundNo public discipline decision located
Search: Elwood Lui, all court levels · reviewed
The CJP public decisions database returned 0 records for this exact-name search across all court levels.
Important limit: The database covers public judicial disciplinary cases since 1960. Matters without public charges or public discipline remain confidential, so a zero-result search should not be read more broadly.
News and Press Releases
Updates involving this office
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Data coverage and sources
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Sources used on this page5 source organizations · 13 records
California Secretary of State
California Courts of Appeal
3 records from this source are used on the page.
Official biography: Court identity and biography pagehttps://appellate.courts.ca.gov/district-courts/2dca/bio/elwood-luiOfficial current justices roster: Court membership and official portrait sourcehttps://appellate.courts.ca.gov/district-courts/2dca/justicesOral argument calendar: See the Second District’s published oral argument calendar.https://appellate.courts.ca.gov/district-courts/2dca/oral-argument-calendar
Judicial Council of California
6 records from this source are used on the page.
Judicial selection and retention: Official overview of California judicial selection and retentionhttps://newsroom.courts.ca.gov/branch-facts/judicial-selection-how-california-chooses-its-judges-and-justicesAppellate case information: Search Supreme Court and Court of Appeal records by case number or party name.https://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/Published and unpublished opinions: Browse the Judicial Branch opinion archive and search by court or case number.https://courts.ca.gov/opinionsJudicial Council 2026 Court Statistics Report, table 3: Second Appellate District, fiscal year 2024–25https://courts.ca.gov/system/files/file/csr_2026.pdfJudicial Council 2025 Court Statistics Report, table 3: Second Appellate District, fiscal year 2023–24https://courts.ca.gov/system/files/file/final_csr_2025.pdfJudicial Council 2024 Court Statistics Report, table 3: Second Appellate District, fiscal year 2022–23https://courts.ca.gov/sites/default/files/courts/default/2024-12/2024-court-statistics-report.pdf
Commission on Judicial Performance
2 records from this source are used on the page.
Discipline and decision search: Official public judicial discipline database and confidentiality limitshttps://cjp.ca.gov/discipline_and_decision_search/Exact-name public discipline search: The CJP public decisions database returned 0 records for this exact-name search across all court levels.https://cjp.ca.gov/discipline-decisions-database-results/?wpv_view_count=106760&wpv-wpcf-last_name=Lui&wpv-wpcf-first_name=Elwood&wpv-wpcf-discipline=&wpv-wpcf-misconduct_type=&wpv-wpcf-county_appellate_district=&wpv-wpcf-court_level=&wpv-wpcf-decision_date_min=&wpv-wpcf-decision_date_min-format=m%2Fd%2FY&wpv-wpcf-decision_date_max=&wpv-wpcf-decision_date_max-format=m%2Fd%2FY&wpv_filter_submit=Submit
California State Library
1 record from this source is used on the page.
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