--- title: "Audrey B. Collins | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/audrey-b-collins-681" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Audrey B. Collins California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District · Associate Justice ## Profile - Court: California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District - State: California - Role: Associate Justice - Service status: former - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, 2nd District, 2014-present - Audrey B. Collins is an American judge best known for her service as Associate Justice of Division Four of the California Second District Court of Appeal since 2014, and earlier as a United States District Judge for the Central District of California from 1994 to 2014. - Deputy General Counsel, Office of the Special Advisor to the Los Angeles California Police Department Board of Commissioners, 1992-present - Served until August 1, 2014, and was Chief Judge of the Central District from 2009 to 2012 - Judge, District Court, C.D. California, 1994-2014 - Chief Judge, District Court, C.D. California, 2009-2012 - Nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 27, 1994, Collins was confirmed by the Senate and commissioned as a U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California on May 9, 1994 Federal Judicial Center - Assistant District Attorney, 1992-1994 - Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County, CA, 1978-1994 - Collins spent 16 years in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office (1978–1994), where she was the first African American woman to become a Head Deputy, Assistant Bureau Director, and Assistant District Attorney. ### Education - University of California-Los Angeles — J.D. (1977) - American University — M.A. (1969) - Howard University — B.A. (1967) ### Additional information - Assistant attorney, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, CA, 1977-present - Beverly Hills Bar Association’s Ronald M. George Award for Judicial Excellence (2019) - Joan Dempsey Klein Distinguished Jurist Award (2012) - UCLA Alumni Association Professional Achievement Award (1997) - Assistant Director, Bureaus of Central and Special Operations, 1988-1992 - Head Deputy, Torrance Branch Office, 1987-1988 - Director, Norman Topping Student Aid Fund (1972–1974) - Date of birth: 1945-06-12 - Birth place: Chester, PA ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### audiovisual evidence Scope: statewide A party offering an electronic sound or sound-and-video recording must provide the court and opposing parties a transcript and provide opposing parties a duplicate of the recording. Evidence excerpt: the party must provide to the court and to opposing parties a transcript of the electronic recording and provide opposing parties with a duplicate of the electronic recording [California Rule 2.1040, Electronic recordings presented or offered into evidence](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/two/rule2_1040) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### remote proceedings Scope: statewide California courts should permit remote participation in covered civil proceedings, subject to the statute, local rules, and controlling orders. Evidence excerpt: courts should permit parties to appear remotely at conferences, hearings, and proceedings in civil cases consistent with Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75 [California Rule 3.672, Remote proceedings](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_672) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### remote participants and witnesses Scope: statewide Covered civil parties and witnesses may appear remotely, and the court may conduct proceedings in whole or in part using remote technology. Evidence excerpt: that party or witness may appear remotely and the court may conduct conferences, hearings, and proceedings, in whole or in part, through the use of remote technology [California Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=367.75.&lawCode=CCP) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### recording and broadcasting Scope: statewide Court proceedings may not be photographed, recorded, or broadcast except as Rule 1.150 permits. Evidence excerpt: Except as provided in this rule, court proceedings may not be photographed, recorded, or broadcast. [California Rule 1.150, Photographing, recording, and broadcasting in court](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/one/rule1_150) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### expedited jury trial presentations Scope: statewide In expedited jury trials, parties may use slides, electronic presentations, projections, exhibit notebooks, and other methods approved at the pretrial conference. Evidence excerpt: the parties may present summaries and may use photographs, diagrams, slides, electronic presentations, overhead projections, individual notebooks of exhibits for submission to the jurors, or other innovative methods of presentation approved at the pretrial conference [California Rule 3.1551, Case presentation](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1551) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### expedited jury trial pretrial agreements Scope: statewide Voluntary expedited jury trial submissions must identify party agreements concerning electronic presentations and other proposed presentation methods. Evidence excerpt: Any agreements of the parties to use photographs, diagrams, slides, electronic presentations, overhead projections, notebooks of exhibits, or other methods of presenting information to the jury [California Rule 3.1548, Pretrial submissions for voluntary expedited jury trials](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1548) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### exhibit admission Scope: statewide An exhibit must be admitted by the judge before it may be used in the case. Evidence excerpt: The judge must to allow you to admit the exhibit as evidence in order for you to use it in your case. [How to introduce exhibits at a trial](https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/how-introduce-exhibits-trial) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/681/audrey-b-collins/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/681/audrey-b-collins/) - [California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/681/audrey-b-collins/) - [California Rule 2.1040, Electronic recordings presented or offered into evidence](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/two/rule2_1040) - [California Rule 3.672, Remote proceedings](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_672) - [California Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=367.75.&lawCode=CCP) - [California Rule 1.150, Photographing, recording, and broadcasting in court](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/one/rule1_150) - [California Rule 3.1551, Case presentation](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1551) - [California Rule 3.1548, Pretrial submissions for voluntary expedited jury trials](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1548) - [How to introduce exhibits at a trial](https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/how-introduce-exhibits-trial) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/681/audrey-b-collins/) - [Wikidata: Audrey B. Collins](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4820096) - [appellate.courts.ca.gov](https://appellate.courts.ca.gov/district-courts/2dca/news/second-appellate-district-bids-farewell-presiding-justice-lee-edmon-and-associate-justice-audrey-collins) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/681/audrey-b-collins/) - [Wikidata: Audrey B. Collins](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4820096) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/audrey-b-collins-681", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/audrey-b-collins-681", "name": "Audrey B. Collins | KnowJudges", "description": "Audrey B. Collins, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District. 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