--- title: "Bryant Y. Yang | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/bryant-y-yang" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Bryant Y. Yang Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles · Civil Trial Judge eligible for trial assignment from Department 1, Pomona Courthouse, Department L ## Profile - Court: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles - State: California - Role: Civil Trial Judge eligible for trial assignment from Department 1, Pomona Courthouse, Department L - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-28 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Governor Gavin Newsom on November 13, 2020, replacing Judge Yvonne T. Sanchez - Before his judicial appointment, Yang held the role of an Assistant United States Attorney in the Central District of California from 2016 to 2020, prosecuting cases involving public corruption, international drug trafficking, money laundering, and financial crimes - He has also taught as a lecturer/adjunct professor at Harvey Mudd College (2009, 2015, 2020) and at UC Irvine - Associate at Irell & Manella LLP (2012–2016) - Special Prosecutor (Burbank City Attorney’s Office) and Special Counsel (Glendale City Attorney’s Office) in 2010 - Morrison & Foerster LLP (2007–2010) – litigation associate, specializing in patent law - Yang also clerked for U.S. Ninth Circuit Judge Barry G. Silverman and U.S. District Judge S. James Otero ### Education - University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated with honors — J.D. (2007) - UC Berkeley School of Law — J.D. ### Additional information - He currently serves in the Family Law Division at the Pomona Courthouse, Department H, and his term extends through January 8, 2029 - He won re-election in 2022 without appearing on the ballot, as the primary and general elections were canceled - Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County (President, 2016) - Recipient of the Daily Journal’s California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year Award (2016) and USC Public Interest Law Foundation’s Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award (2015) - Additionally, he served as Special Prosecutor and Special Counsel for the Burbank and Glendale City Attorney’s Offices, and as Deputy Director of Voter Protection for Organizing for America in Nevada in 2012 - He obtained a Bachelor of Arts with High Distinction in 2004 - Judge Bryant Y. Yang was born in Burma and immigrated to the United States with his family in 1987, growing up in a working-class household - Yang was born in Burma (Myanmar) in 1981 or 1982 and immigrated to the U.S. with his parents in 1987 - Assistant Supervising Judge - First Burmese American judge in the U.S - handling criminal defense and business litigation - He grew up in a working-class household; his father was a stockperson and his mother a cashier at National Dollar Stores - His father passed away when Yang was a teenager - , and later received his - Civil Law Division - of the East District - He is co-chair of the Court’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee - California State Bar and Los Angeles County Bar Association committees - American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense (Chair) - He is recognized for pro bono work, among them securing the first resentencing under California’s Fair Sentencing for Youth Act and winning the release of a juvenile life sentence client - Founded the Jeff Yang Memorial Scholarship for immigrants and children of immigrants ## 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 ### small claims digital evidence Scope: courtwide For Los Angeles Small Claims matters, the court provides a system to upload, exchange, view, and present evidence for a hearing. Evidence excerpt: allows Small Claims litigants to upload, share, view, and present evidence for a specific hearing [Los Angeles Superior Court Digital Evidence System](https://www.lacourt.org/digitalevidence/) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### small claims evidence exchange Scope: courtwide Los Angeles Small Claims parties must upload evidence and share it with other parties at least ten days before the hearing. Evidence excerpt: Upload their evidence to the Court's Digital Evidence System (DES) ... at least ten (10) days prior to the scheduled hearing date and share the evidence with the other party or parties [Second Amended Standing Order re Evidence Exchange, 2024-SJ-006-00](https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSSmallClaims-21-2024-SJ-006-00-2ndAmendedStandingOrderReEvidenceExchange.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### 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://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSCivil-133-JudgesHearingCivilTrialsAssignedfromDepartment1.pdf) - [Official roster](https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSCivil-133-JudgesHearingCivilTrialsAssignedfromDepartment1.pdf) - [Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles official judicial roster](https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSCivil-133-JudgesHearingCivilTrialsAssignedfromDepartment1.pdf) - [General Order for Assignment of Personal Injury Cases](https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSCivil-119-GeneralOrderReAssignmentandTransferofPersonalInjuryCases%28EffectiveMay17%2C2024%29.pdf) - [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) - [Los Angeles Superior Court Digital Evidence System](https://www.lacourt.org/digitalevidence/) - [Second Amended Standing Order re Evidence Exchange, 2024-SJ-006-00](https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSSmallClaims-21-2024-SJ-006-00-2ndAmendedStandingOrderReEvidenceExchange.pdf) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/bryant-y-yang", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/bryant-y-yang", "name": "Bryant Y. 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[Official source](https://courts.ca.gov/system/files?file=file/roc-title-3_3.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [California Criminal Rules](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-f6b70a7925331d01ac4f3da8) — Criminal proceedings only. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://courts.ca.gov/system/files?file=file/roc-title-4.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [California Family and Juvenile Rules](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-b35daaa50a3da8133dcea76d) — Family and juvenile proceedings only; a general Superior Court assignment does not establish a personal family/juvenile assignment. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://courts.ca.gov/system/files?file=file/roc-title-5_3.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [California Probate Rules and Mental Health Rules](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-7c869f3fd279fe758c2d41be) — Probate and mental health proceedings only; a general Superior Court assignment does not establish a personal probate assignment. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://courts.ca.gov/system/files?file=file/roc-title-7.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [California Rule 2.1040, Electronic recordings presented or offered into evidence](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-cece5afa480bc6cbddca965c) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/two/rule2_1040). Collected 2026-07-26. - [California Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-e40ba2699f4d3d815dac46ca) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=367.75.&lawCode=CCP). Collected 2026-07-26. - [California Rule 1.150, Photographing, recording, and broadcasting in court](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-e59897426ff892cfcd8e0103) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/one/rule1_150). Collected 2026-07-26.