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 1996 / Served to 2020

Barbara J. R. Jones

Presiding Justice, California Court of Appeal

Barbara J. R. Jones was a Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeal (89 judges, selected by merit selection with retention), who joined the court in 1996. They previously served on the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1996–2020 · 24 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1992	Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco	–	–
1996	California Court of Appeal	–	–
1998	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Education

Duke University
University of San Francisco

Judicial Record

In our data, Jones authored 211 published opinions for the court (1923–2019), plus 2 dissents and 6 concurrences. Most cited: Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Inc. v. Happening House Ventures (132 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. 77 of these were attributed to Jones 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
2010	Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Inc. v. Happening House Ventures	184 Cal. App. 4th 1539	132
2015	People v. Rivas-Colon†	241 Cal. App. 4th 444	129
2011	Wallace v. McCubbin· Concurrence†	196 Cal. App. 4th 1169	125
2015	Alameda County Social Services Agency v. Aurora P.†	241 Cal. App. 4th 1142	90
2012	Duronslet v. Kamps†	203 Cal. App. 4th 717	86
2007	In Re Groundwater Cases	64 Cal. Rptr. 3d 827	84
2007	Hahn v. Mirda	54 Cal. Rptr. 3d 527	82
2015	Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. Roland C.†	243 Cal. App. 4th 178	71
2004	Cadlo v. Owens-Illinois, Inc.	23 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1	71
2016	Contreras v. Dowling†	5 Cal. App. 5th 394	70
2016	Dinslage v. City and County of San Francisco†	5 Cal. App. 5th 368	67
2010	San Francisco Human Services Agency v. Jeremiah J.†	190 Cal. App. 4th 1106	63
2007	Gatton v. T-Mobile USA, Inc.· Concurrence†	152 Cal. App. 4th 571	61
2016	Long v. Provide Commerce, Inc.†	245 Cal. App. 4th 855	58
2012	Parker v. Harbert†	212 Cal. App. 4th 1172	55

Showing the 15 most-cited of 219 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 was Barbara J. R. Jones on?: Barbara J. R. Jones was a Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

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24 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).