Hon. Earl H. Maas

Earl H. Maas III serves as a judge on the Superior Court of San Diego County, California, with a term that runs until January 4, 2027. He earned a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University and a J.D. from the University of San Diego. Prior to his judicial appointment, Maas practiced law with a focus on legal malpractice defense, working at Maas, Miyamoto and Bernstein from 2001 to 2005 and earlier at Chapin, Shea, McNitt and Carter. He was appointed to the bench in 2005 and has been re-elected in 2014 and 2020, serving as a nonpartisan judge. His practice areas include legal malpractice defense and general civil and criminal matters within the California judiciary.