Contact

OAH’s Special Education Division is divided into two regions - Northern California and Southern California – with the main office located in Sacramento.  The Administrative Law Judges, while assigned to either Northern or Southern California may handle matters anywhere in the state. 

Sacramento:

All documents mailed or sent by overnight delivery should be sent to the Sacramento office, the address for which is listed above.  However, parties may personally deliver documents to the additional OAH locations as indicated below during normal business hours:

Oakland
1515 Clay Street, Suite 206
Oakland, CA  94612

Los Angeles
355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2200
Los Angeles, CA  90071

San Diego
402 West Broadway, Suite 600
San Diego, CA 92101 
Located in:  The Emerald Plaza Building

For information about filing documents through email go to Secure e-File Transfer (SFT) system  or URL: https://www.applications.dgs.ca.gov/oah/oahsftweb

Special Education Administrative Law Judges:

Peter Paul Castillo,
Division Chief Administrative Law Judge, Special Education (in Los Angeles)

Joy Redmon, Sacramento
Supervising Administrative Law Judge

Margaret Gibson, Los Angeles
Supervising Administrative Law Judge

Tara Canada Doss, Los Angeles
Supervising Administrative Law Judge

Administrative Law Judges

• Christine Arden, Los Angeles
• Robert (Chris) Butchko, Los Angeles
• Rommel Cruz, San Diego
• Cole Dalton, Los Angeles
• Rita Defilippis, Oakland
• Linda Dowd, San Diego
• Cynthia Fritz, Oakland
• Tiffany Gilmartin, Sacramento
• Laurie Gorsline, Los Angeles
• Kara Hatfield, Los Angeles
• Alexa Hohensee, Los Angeles
• Paul H. Kamoroff, San Diego
• Jennifer Kelly, San Diego
• Sabrina Kong, Los Angeles
• Brian Krikorian, Los Angeles
• June Lehrman, Los Angeles
• Thanayi Lindsey, Los Angeles
• Cararea Lucier, San Diego
• Lewis T. (Ted) Mann, III, Los Angeles
• Charles Marson, San Diego
• Robert G. Martin, Los Angeles
• Deborah Myers-Cregar, Los Angeles
• Penelope Pahl, Los Angeles
• Judith Pasewark, Los Angeles
• Ashok Pathi, Los Angeles
• Theresa Ravandi, Sacramento
• Daniel Senter, Oakland
• Clifford H. Woosley, Los Angeles
• Claire Yazigi, Sacramento