Melissa B. Baloian
Superior Court Judge · Superior Court of California, County of Fresno
High confidence· verified October 20, 2026
Superior Court Judge · Superior Court of California, County of Fresno
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74 verified requirements may apply in this courtroom, by layer: 0 published by Judge Melissa B. Baloian · 47 county-wide · 27 statewide — with 29 rule deadlines across those layers. Only the judge's own rules are specific to this courtroom; the other layers apply by court, county and state scope, and a court- or case-specific order can displace them.
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Judge — Department 12, Misdemeanor Calendar, Downtown Location, 1100 Van Ness Avenue, Superior Court of California, County of Fresno
Official divisional instructions →Baloian has worked as a Solo Practitioner since 2023. She was a Supervising Attorney at The Matian Firm from 2022 to 2023. She worked as a Solo Practitioner at the Law Office of Melissa Baloian from 2011 to 2022. Baloian served as a Deputy District Attorney at the Madera County District Attorney’s Office in 2011. She worked as a Deputy District Attorney at the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office from 2007 to 2010. Baloian served as a Deputy City Attorney at the Fresno City Attorney’s Office from 2006 to 2007. She served as a Deputy Public Defender at the Fresno County Public Defender’s Office from 2004 to 2006. Baloian received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Francisco, School of Law.
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Melissa Baloian, of Fresno County, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the Fresno County Superior Court. … She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge
The appointing authority's record · checked October 19, 2026
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Judge — Department 12, Misdemeanor Calendar, Downtown Location, 1100 Van Ness Avenue, Superior Court of California, County of Fresnocurrent
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