Judge Anderle presides over
Dept. 3 in the Santa Barbara
Anacapa Division.

Department 3 Link:

• Tentative Rulings
• Dept 3 Guidelines
• Judge Anderle Bio

Judge Thomas Pearce Anderle

Thomas P. Anderle was born on May 24, 1935, in Lake Linden, Michigan and attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Upon graduation he became a commissioned officer in the United States Navy and spent three years serving in the Pacific on destroyers.

In 1964 Judge Anderle graduated from the Loyola University School of Law and began clerking for Justice John J. Ford of the California Court of Appeal. In 1965 he became a Deputy County Counsel in Santa Barbara County and in 1968 he joined a private law partnership. He was appointed to the bench in February, 1998, by Governor Pete Wilson. Judge Anderle is a former president of the Santa Barbara County Bar Association, a past Director and President of the Legal Aid Foundation, and a past member of the Santa Barbara County Board of Education.