CaliforniaCourtIntel's judge database is built from publicly available court records. We use automated web scraping, official court APIs where available, and manual verification by our data team.
Our primary data sources include the California Courts website, individual superior court public portals, the State Bar of California attorney lookup tool, and official judicial appointment announcements. We do not purchase data or use private investigative methods.
Automated scrapers run on a nightly schedule for most courts. When our scraper detects a change on a judge's public profile, a flag is raised in our internal queue for human review before the change is published.
Attorney-submitted observations go through an AI moderation pass before publication. The moderation step removes content that could identify a specific case while preserving the substantive insight about the judge's behavior.
We do not collect or publish any information that is not available through public court records. We do not access sealed records. If you believe a judge profile contains information that should not be public, contact legal@californiacourtintel.com.