--- title: "Corey G. Lee | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/corey-g-lee" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Corey G. Lee California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District · Associate Justice ## Profile - Court: California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District - State: California - Role: Associate Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-28 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - 2025–Present: Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, 4th District, Division Two - Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, 2015-present - Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division Two, appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom in August 2025 and confirmed in November 2025 - 2015–2025: Judge, San Bernardino County Superior Court - 2008–2015: Deputy Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney, Central District of California - 2004–2008: Deputy District Attorney in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties - 2003–2004: Law Clerk, U.S. DOJ Executive Office of Immigration Review - Justice Lee has authored and participated in rulings across criminal law, civil procedure, dependency, and juvenile matters - California appellate judge serving on the Fourth Appellate District, Division Two - Justice Corey G. Lee’s career reflects extensive experience across prosecution, trial courts, and appellate service in California ### Education - University of Pennsylvania — B.A. - Social Work — Columbia University in the City of New York - Loyola Marymount University — J.D. ### Additional information - Examples include In re N.J. (2026) and People v. - Lua (2026). - Confirmed: November 17, 2025 by the Commission on Judicial Appointments - Began her appellate tenure in 2025 after a decade on the San Bernardino County Superior Court. - Nominated: August 2025 by Governor Gavin Newsom ## 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 ### trial readiness submissions Scope: courtwide For unlimited civil trials, Local Rule 411.2 requires specified trial materials at the trial readiness conference, including motions in limine oppositions, jury instructions, verdict forms, witness and exhibit lists, stipulated facts, voir dire questions, and a case statement. Evidence excerpt: Counsel and parties shall submit the following items to the court at the Trial Readiness Conference [San Bernardino Superior Court Local Rules](https://sanbernardino.courts.ca.gov/system/files?file=local-rules%2Frulesofcourt.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-28 ### electronic exhibit bookmarks Scope: courtwide Represented parties filing electronic exhibits must bookmark the first page of each exhibit and label each bookmark with the exhibit number or letter and a short description. Evidence excerpt: Electronic exhibits must include electronic bookmarks with links to the first page of each exhibit [San Bernardino Civil eFiling Requirements](https://sanbernardino.courts.ca.gov/online-services/efiling/civil-efiling/civil-efiling-requirements) Source checked: 2026-07-28 ### 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://courts.ca.gov/courts/superior-courts/judges-roster) - [Official roster](https://courts.ca.gov/courts/superior-courts/judges-roster) - [Judicial Branch of California official judicial roster](https://courts.ca.gov/courts/superior-courts/judges-roster) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14069/corey-g-lee/) - [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) - [San Bernardino Superior Court Local Rules](https://sanbernardino.courts.ca.gov/system/files?file=local-rules%2Frulesofcourt.pdf) - [San Bernardino Civil eFiling Requirements](https://sanbernardino.courts.ca.gov/online-services/efiling/civil-efiling/civil-efiling-requirements) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14069/corey-g-lee/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/corey-g-lee", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/corey-g-lee", "name": "Corey G. 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