Royce Rutledge Lewellen (September 25, 1930 – September 2, 2020) was a California Superior Court Judge in Santa Barbara County and namesake of the Royce R. Lewellen Justice Center in Santa Maria, CA.
He was also co-owner of Lucas & Lewellen Vineyards in Santa Barbara County.
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Missouri in Columbia and after two years service in the U.S. Air Force attended the Boalt School of Law at the University of California in Berkeley, graduating in 1957.
Judge Lewellen was involved in many community organizations, most notably as Founding Director of both the PCPA Foundation and Solvang Festival Theatre.
He had three sons, Mark, Michael and David with his former wife Judy Guder.