Hon. Brian M Hoffstadt

Justice Brian Hoffstadt has served on the California Court of Appeal since 2014. In that capacity, he and others hear appeals and writ petitions in civil matters, criminal matters, and dependency matters.

Prior to his appointment to the Court of Appeal, Justice Hoffstadt served as a judge on the Los Angeles Superior Court; as a partner at Jones Day; as an Assistant United States Attorney (Criminal Division); as a legal policy advisor at the U.S. Department of Justice; and as a policy advisor at the Federal Communications Commission. Immediately after law school, he clerked for Ninth Circuit Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall and for US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

Justice Hoffstadt has taught as an adjunct law professor at USC School of Law, Loyola Law School, and George Washington School of Law. He has co-authored an Evidence textbook and authored a treatise on California criminal discovery law. Justice Hoffstadt regularly teaches judicial education courses.