Julian W. Bailey Admonished

Julian W. Bailey, an Orange County Superior Court judge since 2012, was publicly admonished by the California Commission on Judicial Performance for a pattern of discourteous, undignified, and impatient behavior toward female and inexperienced attorneys across ten separate matters in 2014, 2022, and 2023. The Commission found that in some instances, Bailey's conduct also conveyed an appearance of bias or embroilment based on gender, race, national origin, or ethnicity. Among the specific incidents cited: in March 2014, when a deputy public defender told the court she might need a break to pump breast milk for her newborn, Bailey responded by holding his hands to his chest and moving them up and down while making a mimicking sound. The Commission's public admonishment detailed this and the other nine incidents as a sustained pattern rather than an isolated lapse.