How do judges of the California Court of Appeal reach the bench?

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

California Court of Appeal / Joined 2014 / Active

Audrey B. Collins

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal

Audrey B. Collins is an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, serving since 2014. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1945 · age 81
Tenure: Since 2014 · 12 yrs
Education: Howard 1967

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2014	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Education

Howard University	B.A.	1967
American University	M.A.	1969
University of California-Los Angeles		1977

Judicial Record

In our data, Collins authored 46 published opinions for the court (2014–2019). Most cited: Espejo v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group (87 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. 46 of these were attributed to Collins 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
2016	Espejo v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group†	246 Cal. App. 4th 1047	87
2016	People v. Selivanov†	5 Cal. App. 5th 726	61
2019	People v. Rocha†	243 Cal. Rptr. 3d 747	52
2016	People v. Burroughs†	6 Cal. App. 5th 378	52
2016	Doe v. University of Southern California†	246 Cal. App. 4th 221	52
2018	Citizens for Amending Proposition v. City of Pomona†	239 Cal. Rptr. 3d 750	48
2016	Esparza v. Sand & Sea, Inc.†	2 Cal. App. 5th 781	48
2017	Colyear v. Rolling Hills Community Ass'n of Rancho Palos Verdes†	9 Cal. App. 5th 119	46
2016	Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. v. Liebhaber†	2 Cal. App. 5th 1092	35
2016	Evans v. Hood Corp.†	5 Cal. App. 5th 1022	32
2019	People v. Lopez†	242 Cal. Rptr. 3d 451	31
2019	Workman v. Colichman†	245 Cal. Rptr. 3d 636	29
2019	D.Z. v. L. A. Unified Sch. Dist.†	247 Cal. Rptr. 3d 127	26
2018	Cal. Dui Lawyers Ass'n v. Cal. Dep't of Motor Vehicles†	229 Cal. Rptr. 3d 787	23
2018	L. A. Cnty. Dep't of Children & Family Servs. v. D.Y. (In re D.Y.)†	237 Cal. Rptr. 3d 654	22

Showing the 15 most-cited of 46 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 California Court of Appeal reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court is Audrey B. Collins on?: Audrey B. Collins is an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

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