How do judges of the Court of Appeals of Arizona reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

Court of Appeals of Arizona / Joined 2011 / Active

Andrew W. Gould

Judge, Court of Appeals of Arizona

Andrew W. Gould is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Arizona, serving since 2011. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2011 · 15 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2011	Court of Appeals of Arizona	–	–

Education

Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Judicial Record

In our data, Gould authored 39 published opinions for the court (2003–2016), plus 1 dissent and 1 concurrence. Most cited: E.R. v. Department of Child Safety (82 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 36 of these were attributed to Gould by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2015	E.R. v. Department of Child Safety†	237 Ariz. 56	82
2014	Steinberger v. McVey†	234 Ariz. 125	67
2013	Roberto F. v. Arizona Department of Economic Security†	232 Ariz. 45	43
2014	State Ex Rel. Montgomery v. Miller†	234 Ariz. 289	37
2013	Clark v. Renaissance West, LLC†	232 Ariz. 510	37
2014	larue/tucker v. Brown†	235 Ariz. 440	31
2013	State v. Gonsalves†	231 Ariz. 521	29
2016	ABCDW LLC v. Banning†	241 Ariz. 427	19
2012	Heidbreder v. Heidbreder†	230 Ariz. 377	19
2016	St. George v. Plimpton†	241 Ariz. 163	18
2016	McKee v. State†	241 Ariz. 377	17
2014	Ponderosa Fire District v. Coconino County†	235 Ariz. 597	17
2003	State v. Keener	75 P.3d 119	17
2015	Hoag v. Hon. french/wells†	238 Ariz. 118	15
2012	State v. Gonzalez	278 P.3d 328	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 41 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Court of Appeals of Arizona reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court is Andrew W. Gould on?: Andrew W. Gould is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Arizona.

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15 years on the Court of Appeals of Arizona. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).