Joseph Grodin

Joseph Raymond Grodin
Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court
In office
December 27, 1982  January 5, 1987
Appointed byGovernor Jerry Brown
Preceded byFrank C. Newman
Succeeded byDavid N. Eagleson
Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeal, First District, Division Two
In office
March 1982  December 26, 1982
Appointed byGovernor Jerry Brown
Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, First District, Division One
In office
July 1979  March 1982
Appointed byGovernor Jerry Brown
Preceded byNew seat
Personal details
Born(1930-08-30)August 30, 1930
Oakland, California, U.S.
DiedApril 6, 2025(2025-04-06) (aged 94)
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA)
Yale Law School (LLB)
London School of Economics (PhD)

Joseph Raymond Grodin (August 30, 1930 – April 6, 2025) was an American lawyer and law professor. He served as a Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeal and an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California. Grodin lost his Supreme Court seat in a contentious 1986 retention election that also removed Justice Cruz Reynoso and Chief Justice Rose Bird.