Supreme Court of California
Position Name Born Appt . by Took office / Length of service Term expires Education , prior positions
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye October 19 , 1959 ( age 60 ) Arnold Schwarzenegger January 3 , 2011 9 years , 1 month January 1 , 2023 UC Davis , UC Davis ; California Court of Appeal ( Sacramento , 2005-2011 ) ; Sacramento County Superior Court ( 1997-2005 ) ; Sacramento Municipal Court ( 1990-1997 ) ; Deputy Legislative Secretary ( 1989-1990 ) ; Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary ( 1988-1989 ) ; Sacramento County Deputy District Attorney ( 1984-1988 )
Associate Justice Ming Chin August 31 , 1942 ( age 77 ) Pete Wilson March 1 , 1996 23 years , 11 months January 1 , 2023 USF , USF ; California Court of Appeal ( San Francisco , 1990-1996 ) ; Alameda County Superior Court ( 1988-1990 )
Associate Justice Carol Corrigan August 16 , 1948 ( age 71 ) Arnold Schwarzenegger January 4 , 2006 14 years , 1 month January 2 , 2031 Holy Names , UC Hastings ; California Court of Appeal ( San Francisco , 1994-2006 ) ; Alameda County Superior Court ( 1990-1994 )
Associate Justice Goodwin Liu October 19 , 1970 ( age 49 ) Jerry Brown September 1 , 2011 8 years , 5 months January 3 , 2027 Stanford , Oxford , Yale ; Associate Dean of UC Berkeley School of Law ( 2008-2011 ) ; Professor of Law , UC Berkeley School of Law ( 2003-2011 )
Associate Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar July 27 , 1972 ( age 47 ) Jerry Brown January 5 , 2015 5 years , 1 month January 3 , 2027 Harvard , Yale , Stanford ; Special Assistant to the President , Justice and Regulatory Policy , White House Domestic Policy Council ( 2009-2010 ) ; Professor , Stanford Law School ( 2001-2014 ) ; Institute Director , Center Co-Director , and Program Director , Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University ( 2004-2015 )
Associate Justice Leondra Kruger July 28 , 1976 ( age 43 ) Jerry Brown January 5 , 2015 5 years , 1 month January 2 , 2031 Harvard , Yale ; Deputy Assistant Attorney General , Office of Legal Counsel , United States Department of Justice ( 2013-2014 ) ; Assistant to the Solicitor General and Acting Principal Deputy Solicitor General , Office of the Solicitor General , United States Department of Justice ( 2007-2013 ) ; Private practice ( 2004-2006 )
Associate Justice Joshua Groban August 15 , 1973 ( age 46 ) Jerry Brown January 3 , 2019 1 year , 1 month January 3 , 2022 Stanford University , Harvard Law School ; law clerk , S.D.N.Y ( 1998-1999 ) ; private practice ( 2005-2010 ) ; counsel Brown campaign ( 2010 ) ; general counsel to California Governor ( 2010-2018 )
Composition -- Current membership
Justices of the California Supreme Court : Standing , from left : Justice Leondra R. Kruger , Justice Goodwin H. Liu , Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar , and Justice Joshua P. Groban . Seated , from left : Justice Ming W. Chin , Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye , and Justice Carol A. Corrigan .
The Supreme Court of California is the highest and final court in the courts of the State of California. It resides inside the Earl Warren Building in San Francisco, overlooking Civic Center Square along with City Hall. It also holds sessions in Los Angeles and Sacramento. Its decisions are binding on all other California state courts.