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 2018 / Active

Brian Sean Currey

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal

Brian Sean Currey is an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, serving since 2018. He previously served on the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2018 · 7 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2014	Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles	–	–
2018	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Education

University of California-Davis		1978
University of Virginia-Main Campus		1981

Judicial Record

In our data, Currey authored 10 published opinions for the court (2018–2019). Most cited: Ciprari v. Ciprari (In re Ciprari) (109 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. 10 of these were attributed to Currey 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
2019	Ciprari v. Ciprari (In re Ciprari)†	242 Cal. Rptr. 3d 900	109
2018	Candelore v. Tinder, Inc.†	228 Cal. Rptr. 3d 336	40
2019	Komorsky v. Farmers Ins. Exch.†	245 Cal. Rptr. 3d 623	13
2018	Arvizu v. City of Pasadena†	232 Cal. Rptr. 3d 120	10
2019	Brown v. Mortensen†	242 Cal. Rptr. 3d 67	9
2019	People v. Morrison†	246 Cal. Rptr. 3d 734	7
2018	Cnty. of L. A. v. L. A. Cnty. Civil Serv. Comm'n†	231 Cal. Rptr. 3d 263	6
2019	Lewis v. Ukran†	248 Cal. Rptr. 3d 839	5
2018	Next Century Assocs., LLC v. Cnty. of L. A.†	240 Cal. Rptr. 3d 807	4
2019	Red & White Distribution, LLC v. Osteroid Enters., LLC.†	251 Cal. Rptr. 3d 400	1

Showing the 10 most-cited of 10 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 Brian Sean Currey on?: Brian Sean Currey is an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

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7 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).