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 2006 / Active

Diane M. Johnsen

Judge, Court of Appeals of Arizona

Diane M. Johnsen is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Arizona, serving since 2006. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2006 · 20 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2006	Court of Appeals of Arizona	–	–

Education

University of Arizona
Stanford University

Judicial Record

In our data, Johnsen authored 125 published opinions for the court (2007–2019), plus 4 dissents and 4 concurrences. Most cited: Calvin B. v. Brittany B. (84 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. 74 of these were attributed to Johnsen 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
2013	Calvin B. v. Brittany B.†	232 Ariz. 292	84
2010	Desert Mountain Properties Ltd. Partnership v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance	236 P.3d 421	68
2010	Strategic Development & Construction, Inc. v. 7th & Roosevelt Partners, LLC	226 P.3d 1046	68
2007	Nolan v. Starlight Pines Homeowners Ass'n	167 P.3d 1277	60
2007	State v. Nelson	150 P.3d 769	53
2008	Security Title Agency, Inc. v. Pope	200 P.3d 977	52
2010	Kenneth B. v. Tina B.	243 P.3d 636	51
2016	Murray v. Murray†	239 Ariz. 174	49
2007	State v. Wassenaar	161 P.3d 608	49
2014	Dueñas v. Life Care Centers of America, Inc.· Concurrence†	236 Ariz. 130	44
2007	State v. Mabery Ranch, Co., L.L.C.†	216 Ariz. 233	43
2016	Jeffrey P. v. Department of Child Safety†	239 Ariz. 212	40
2011	SWC Baseline & Crismon Investors, L.L.C. v. Augusta Ranch Ltd. Partnership	265 P.3d 1070	39
2009	Maleki v. Desert Palms Professional Properties, L.L.C.	214 P.3d 415	39
2007	In re MH 2006-000749†	214 Ariz. 318	39

Showing the 15 most-cited of 133 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 Diane M. Johnsen on?: Diane M. Johnsen is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Arizona.

Sources

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20 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).