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Download Hon. Maxwell ReportThe Hon. Pauline Maxwell is a judge for the Santa Barbara County Superior Court in California. She was appointed to the bench by former Governor Jerry Brown in 2014. She filled the vacancy created by the retirement of the Hon. Denise de Bellefeuille (Ret.).
She is a registered Democrat.
Judge Maxwell received her B.A. with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She went on to earn her J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 1998.
Prior to her appointment to the bench, Maxwell had served as a court commissioner for the Santa Barbara Superior Court since 2010 and as a research attorney since 2006. During her four-year tenure as a court commissioner, Maxwell presided over the Drug Court, the Mental Health Treatment Court, and the Clean and Sober calendar. Her other assignments included minor offense arraignments and trials.
Before joining the Court, Maxwell worked in private practice. She was an associate at Foley and Lardner from 1997 to 2001, in-house counsel at Tenet Healthcare for one year, and a senior litigation associate at Grokenberger and Smith from 2002 to 2006.
She has also taught legal writing as an adjunct professor at the Santa Barbara College of Law from 2007 to 2009.
Her memberships have included the William L. Gordon Inns of Court and the Santa Barbara Women Lawyers.
She received the Deborah Talmage Attorney of the Year Award by the Santa Barbara Women Lawyers in 2013 and the Founding Mothers Award in 2015.
Judge Maxwell was born in Massachusetts and worked as a registered nurse there before moving to California in 1981.
MICHAEL ACKER VS CITY OF SANTA MARIA ET AL
Aug 12, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Demurrer and Motion to Strike; Case Management Conference
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...SUBIONO WASITO ET AL VS SANTY KAZALI ET AL
Aug 12, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Motion to Tax Costs
Tentative Ruling: The court grants, in part, defendants Adi Kazali, Santy Kazali, and Harry Kazali’s motion to tax costs. The court taxes costs totaling $7,911.84, leaving allowable costs of $20,385.46.
Background: This is a wage and hour action by...
HARRY TRAN VS ST. GEORGE & ASSOCIATES
May 28, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Motion to Tax Costs
TENTATIVE RULING: Plaintiff’s motion to tax defendant’s expert witness fees in the sum of $65,865.09 is granted. In all other respects, plaintiff’s motion to tax costs is denied.
BACKGROUND:
Plaintiff Harry Tran is a former tenant of reside...
HARRY TRAN VS ST GEORGE & ASSOCIATES
May 11, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Motion: Set Aside and Vacate Judgment; Motion for New Trial/To Reopen Trial
Tentative Ruling on Motion to Set Aside and Vacate Judgment: The court denies plaintiff Harry Tran’s motion to set aside judgment and entry of judgment after grant of CCP § 631.8 motion.
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ANTHONY ROCK VS SANTA BARBARA MERCHANT SERVICES INC
Mar 18, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Default Prove-Up
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...SB RIVIERA HOLDINGS, LLC VS PHILIPPA DAVIS ET AL
Mar 18, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Demurrer
TENTATIVE RULING: Defendant Edward Alan Edick’s demurrer to the complaint is overruled. Defendant shall file and serve his answer to the complaint on or before March 27, 2020.
BACKGROUND:
This action concerns residential property located at 917 Paseo ...
DESTINY HITCHCOCK VS SANDRA CASTELLINO
Mar 18, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Quash Deposition Subpoena; Compel Attendance
TENTATIVE RULING: The motion to quash the deposition subpoena to non-party Elizabeth Marshall is granted, in part. The terms and conditions of the deposition shall be limited as set forth herein. Defendant’s motion to compel Elizab...
ISAAC ESCOBAR VS QUINN LIFT INC ET AL
Mar 18, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Leave to Intervene
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...ISAAC ESCOBAR VS QUINN LIFT INC ET AL
Mar 18, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Leave to Intervene
Tentative Ruling:
Good cause appearing, the unopposed motion of New York Marine and General Insurance Company for leave to intervene pursuant to Labor Code section 3853 is granted. The complaint in intervention shall be filed and served on or before...
SB RIVIERA HOLDINGS, LLC VS PHILIPPA DAVIS ET AL
Mar 18, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Demurrer
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...DESTINY HITCHCOCK VS SANDRA CASTELLINO
Mar 18, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Quash Deposition Subpoena; Compel Attendance
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...VAL KNEZEVIC JR VS W2 ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORP
Mar 11, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Dismiss for Failure to Bring to Trial Within 5 years
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...STRATEGIC FUNDING SOURCE INC VS SANTA BARBARA TOWING INC ET AL
Mar 11, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Strike Unverified Answer
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...AMERICAN EXPRESS NATIONAL BANK VS SEAN A CHUNG
Mar 11, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Change Venue
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...KELLOGG SQUARE LLC VS WARREN BUTLER
Mar 11, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Vacate Judgment; Order Charging Member's Interest
Reposted Tentative Ruling: 1. The court denies defendant Warren Butler’s motion to vacate judgment.
2. The court grants judgment creditor Kellogg Square, LLC’s Motion for Order to Charge Member’s Interest in a Limited ...
VAL KNEZEVIC JR VS W2 ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORP
Mar 11, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Dismiss for Failure to Bring to Trial Within 5 years
Tentative Ruling:
Plaintiffs have not filed opposition to defendants’ motion to dismiss for failure to bring the matter to trial within 5 years. The motion was served upon plaintiffs’ counsel at his address of recor...
START INC VS LONMAR GLOBAK RISKS LIMITED ET AL
Mar 11, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: (3) Demurrers
Tentative Ruling: 1. The court sustains defendant Brent Buhrman’s demurrer to the seventh cause of action in plaintiff Start, Inc.’s first amended complaint without leave to amend. The court overrules the demurrer to the fourth, fifth and eighth causes of action...
SHEILA GIANELLI VS MARK SCHWARZ ET AL
Mar 11, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: OSC Re Contempt and Issue Sanctions
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...KELLOGG SQUARE LLC VS WARREN BUTLER
Mar 11, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Vacate Judgment; Order Charging Member's Interest
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...AMERICAN EXPRESS NATIONAL BANK VS SEAN A CHUNG
Mar 11, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Change Venue
TENTATIVE RULING: Plaintiff’s motion to change venue from Santa Barbara County to Ventura County is granted. Plaintiff shall pay all transfer costs.
BACKGROUND:
This is a credit card collection matter. Within the past four years, plaintiff America...
START INC VS LONMAR GLOBAK RISKS LIMITED ET AL
Mar 11, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: (3) Demurrers
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...STRATEGIC FUNDING SOURCE INC VS SANTA BARBARA TOWING INC ET AL
Mar 11, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Strike Unverified Answer
TENTATIVE RULING:
For the reasons set forth herein, the motion of plaintiff Strategic Funding Source, Inc., to strike the answer of defendant Efrain Lopez as unverified is granted with leave to amend. Defendant Lopez shall file and serve a ver...
SHEILA GIANELLI VS MARK SCHWARZ ET AL
Mar 11, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: OSC Re Contempt and Issue Sanctions
Tentative Ruling: The court strikes the motion of defendants Eric A. Woosley and Law Office of Eric A. Woosley for an order to show cause, issue sanctions, and monetary sanction as untimely.
Background: On May 5, 2017, plaintiff fil...
COURTNEY CROSBY VS SPITZER HELOCOPTER LLC ET AL
Feb 26, 2020 | Santa Barbara County
Nature of Proceedings: Transfer LA Action and Consolidate; Bifurcate Trial; Case Management Conference
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