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PUBLIC NOTICE Reduced Hours of Operation – Clerk’s Offices

From December 22, 2025 – January 2, 2026, The Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, will reduce phone hours and the public access operating hours of the Clerk’s Offices. For more information, click here.

Notice:

The court is aware of fraudulent messages and scams being sent to the public. For more information please click here.

Judge Brian Hill

Judge Hill

Judge Brian Hill is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara and of University of San Francisco School of Law.

  • Superior Court Judge, 2003-Present
  • Presiding Judge, 2011-2012
  • Asst. Presiding Judge, 2009-2010
  • Supervising Criminal Judge, 2005-2010
  • Senior Deputy District Attorney, 1985-2003
  • Brian has prosecuted all major felonies including murder rape, robbery, theft and burglary.
  • Thomas Guerry Award Winner for "Outstanding Overall Performance," 1989
  • Supervisor of District Attorney's Consumer Mediation and Fraud Unit, 1988-90
  • Professor of Constitutional Law, Santa Barbara/Ventura Colleges of Law, 1988-Present
  • Professor of the Year, 1999
  • Guest Lecturer, Catholic University of Lublin (Poland), January 2014
  • Third District Court of Appeal Research Attorney, 1981-84
  • California Supreme Court, Intern 1981
  • First District Court of Appeal, Intern, 1979
  • Rotary Scholar, University of Edinburgh, 1984-85 (Jurisprudence and Criminology)
  • Law School Instructor of courses in: Employment Discrimination, Consumer Law, and Jurisprudence
  • Professional Committees on Child Abuse/Neglect, Gangs & Drugs
  • Vice-President, Little League; Youth Sports Coach

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