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Joshua P. Groban

Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California · California General Election · 2026-11-03

EXACT OFFICIAL BALLOT QUESTION

For Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Shall Associate Justice of the Supreme Court JOSHUA GROBAN be elected to the office for the term provided by law?

Appears in all 58 California counties.

YES MEANS

Retain Joshua P. Groban as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California.

NO MEANS

Do not retain Joshua P. Groban as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California.

Election.org plain-language rendering of the official retention procedure. This is a yes-or-no judicial question, not a head-to-head race.
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Experience, without a score

CURRENT POSITIONAssociate Justice, Supreme Court of California
TERM STRUCTURE12 years; a justice initially confirmed mid-term may first run for the remainder of a predecessor's term
BAR ADMISSIONDecember 1998
EDUCATION
  • Harvard Law School, J.D., 1998
  • Stanford University, A.B., 1995
PROFESSIONAL LEGAL BACKGROUND
  • Law Clerk to Judge William C. Conner, Southern District of New York (1998–1999)
  • Attorney, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (1999–2005)
  • Attorney, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP (2005–2010)
  • Senior Advisor to Governor Jerry Brown (2011–2018)
  • Lecturer, UCLA School of Law (2014–2018)
JUDICIAL BACKGROUND
  • Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California (2018–present)
Official court biography

Background and experience

Justice Groban began serving on the California Supreme Court in January 2019. Previously he was the Senior Advisor to Governor Jerry Brown and advised the…

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