Peter Chang at a glance
- Current role
- Superior Court Judge
- Court
- Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa
- Jurisdiction
- California · State
- Judicial service
- Active
Peter Chang
Superior Court Judge · Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- He was a Founding Partner at Black Chang & Hamill LLP from 2011 to 2014 and served as a Deputy Attorney General at the California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General from 2010 to 2011.
- Chang was an Associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP from 2007 to 2010, at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC from 2005 to 2007 and at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP from 2003 to 2005.
- Chang has served as a Deputy Attorney General at the California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General since 2014.
Judicial service
- Peter Chang, of Contra Costa County, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the Contra Costa County Superior Court.
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center · J.D.
Courtroom rules and guidance
Remote Appearances
Contra Costa civil departments permit parties to appear remotely through Zoom; Zoom is the court's sole remote-appearance platform and CourtCall is not supported.
Zoom is now the Court's sole remote appearance platform. CourtCall is no longer supported.Civil Division ↗
Discovery Motions
Certain general-civil discovery disputes may be assigned to Department 57; all other discovery matters remain in the assigned judge's department on law-and-motion days.
All other discovery matters will be heard in their assigned departments on Law & Motion daysCivil Discovery ↗
Audiovisual Evidence
A party offering an electronic sound or sound-and-video recording must provide the court and opposing parties a transcript and provide opposing parties a duplicate of the recording.
the party must provide to the court and to opposing parties a transcript of the electronic recording and provide opposing parties with a duplicate of the electronic recordingCalifornia Rule 2.1040, Electronic recordings presented or offered into evidence ↗
Remote Proceedings
California courts should permit remote participation in covered civil proceedings, subject to the statute, local rules, and controlling orders.
courts should permit parties to appear remotely at conferences, hearings, and proceedings in civil cases consistent with Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75California Rule 3.672, Remote proceedings ↗
Remote Participants And Witnesses
Covered civil parties and witnesses may appear remotely, and the court may conduct proceedings in whole or in part using remote technology.
that party or witness may appear remotely and the court may conduct conferences, hearings, and proceedings, in whole or in part, through the use of remote technologyCalifornia Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75 ↗
Recording And Broadcasting
Court proceedings may not be photographed, recorded, or broadcast except as Rule 1.150 permits.
Except as provided in this rule, court proceedings may not be photographed, recorded, or broadcast.California Rule 1.150, Photographing, recording, and broadcasting in court ↗
Expedited Jury Trial Presentations
In expedited jury trials, parties may use slides, electronic presentations, projections, exhibit notebooks, and other methods approved at the pretrial conference.
the parties may present summaries and may use photographs, diagrams, slides, electronic presentations, overhead projections, individual notebooks of exhibits for submission to the jurors, or other innovative methods of presentation approved at the pretrial conferenceCalifornia Rule 3.1551, Case presentation ↗
Expedited Jury Trial Pretrial Agreements
Voluntary expedited jury trial submissions must identify party agreements concerning electronic presentations and other proposed presentation methods.
Any agreements of the parties to use photographs, diagrams, slides, electronic presentations, overhead projections, notebooks of exhibits, or other methods of presenting information to the juryCalifornia Rule 3.1548, Pretrial submissions for voluntary expedited jury trials ↗
Exhibit Admission
An exhibit must be admitted by the judge before it may be used in the case.
The judge must to allow you to admit the exhibit as evidence in order for you to use it in your case.How to introduce exhibits at a trial ↗
Sources
Judicial Branch of California official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · checked July 28, 2026
https://courts.ca.gov/courts/superior-courts/judges-rosterCalifornia Rule 2.1040, Electronic recordings presented or offered into evidence
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https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/two/rule2_1040California Rule 3.672, Remote proceedings
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https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_672California Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75
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https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=367.75.&lawCode=CCPCalifornia Rule 1.150, Photographing, recording, and broadcasting in court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/one/rule1_150California Rule 3.1551, Case presentation
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1551California Rule 3.1548, Pretrial submissions for voluntary expedited jury trials
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1548How to introduce exhibits at a trial
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https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/how-introduce-exhibits-trialCivil Division
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https://www.cc-courts.org/divisions/civilCivil Discovery
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https://www.cc-courts.org/divisions/civil/civil-discovery