Judge Kristin Rosi
San Bernadino, CA
Appointed by the State Bar of California
Current Term Extends through June 30, 2029
Judge Kristin L. Rosi has been on the bench since 2007 and serves as the Chief Administrative Law Judge for the California Department of Insurance. Judge Rosi is also a Mental Health Hearing Officer for the Alameda County Superior Court and a Mediator and Early Neutral Evaluator for the U.S. District Court for the Northen District of California. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Rosi spent 12 years at the Public Employment Relations Board, where she represented the agency at the California Supreme Court and Court of Appeal.
Judge Rosi is active in a number of judicial organizations, serving as Immediate Past-President of the International Association of LGBTQ+ Judges, after three years as the Association’s President. Judge Rosi also chairs the American Bar Association’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Commission, as well as chairing the ABA Judicial Division’s Program and Education Committee. Judge Rosi also completed a four-year term on the National Conference of Administrative Law Judiciary’s Executive Committee.
Judge Rosi is also passionate about equal access to justice. She currently serves as a Commissioner on the California State Bar’s Legal Services Trust Fund Commission, chairing the Commission’s Program Development and Impact Committee. Judge Rosi also recently finished a five-year term on the California State Bar’s Council on Access and Fairness (COAF), serving two years as Chair. During her COAF term, she divided her time between expanding loan repayment options for law students and working to diversify the law school pipeline. In 2021, the California Supreme Court appointed Judge Rosi to its Blue-Ribbon Commission on the Future of the Bar Exam.
Judge Rosi holds an A.B. from Smith College in Women’s Studies and Psychology, a J.D. from the University of California Law San Francisco (formerly Hastings College of the Law), where she was a Public Interest Scholar, and a Master’s degree in Judicial Studies from the University of Nevada, Reno.