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 1978 / Served to 1995

Daniel M. Hanlon

Justice, California Court of Appeal

Daniel M. Hanlon was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1978. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1978–1995 · 17 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1978	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Hanlon authored 47 published opinions for the court (1992–2001). Most cited: Abdallah v. United Savings Bank (130 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. 1 of these was attributed to Hanlon 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
1996	Abdallah v. United Savings Bank	43 Cal. App. 4th 1101	130
2000	People v. Harvest	101 Cal. Rptr. 2d 135	102
2000	People v. Gallardo	92 Cal. Rptr. 2d 161	102
1992	In Re Michelle M.	8 Cal. App. 4th 326	68
1999	Morrison Knudsen Corp. v. Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, LLP	81 Cal. Rptr. 2d 425	50
1998	Braun v. Bureau of State Audits	79 Cal. Rptr. 2d 791	48
1998	McColm v. Westwood Park Assn.	62 Cal. App. 4th 1211	42
1997	McGettigan v. Bay Area Rapid Transit District	57 Cal. App. 4th 1011	42
1996	Torres v. Xomox Corp.	49 Cal. App. 4th 1	41
2001	Spanish Speaking Citizens' Foundation, Inc. v. Low	103 Cal. Rptr. 2d 75	39
1999	Yu v. Signet Bank/Virginia	82 Cal. Rptr. 2d 304	39
1998	Evangelho v. Presoto	79 Cal. Rptr. 2d 146	37
1997	Byrne v. Laura	52 Cal. App. 4th 1054	37
2000	People v. Clem	92 Cal. Rptr. 2d 727	31
1999	People v. Moore	81 Cal. Rptr. 2d 658	29

Showing the 15 most-cited of 47 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 Daniel M. Hanlon on?: Daniel M. Hanlon was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

Sources

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17 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).