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# Charles E. Wilson

California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District · Associate Justice

## Profile

- Court: California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District
- State: California
- Role: Associate Justice
- Service status: active

## Summary

Charles E. Wilson — California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District

## Biography

### Professional career

- Charles E. Wilson II is an Associate Justice of the California Sixth District Court of Appeal, appointed in 2021 by Governor Gavin Newsom and re‐elected in 2022
- Before his appellate appointment, Wilson was a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge from 2014 to 2021, appointed by then‐Governor Jerry Brown.
- Deputy District Attorney for Alameda County
- Litigation associate at Phillips, Spallas & Fotouhi and Gordon & Rees LLP

### Education

- in Political Science — University of California, Los Angeles — B.A.
- University of San Francisco School of Law — J.D.
- M.B.A — University of San Francisco School of Management

### Additional information

- focusing on domestic violence cases and providing training to law enforcement
- Supervising Judge, Palo Alto Courthouse
- Supervising Judge, Family Violence Division

## Sources

- [Justices | Sixth Appellate District](https://appellate.courts.ca.gov/district-courts/6dca/justices)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [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.