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 1979 / Served to 1984

George N. Zenovich

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal

George N. Zenovich was an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal (89 judges, selected by merit selection with retention), who joined the court in 1979. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1922 · age 104
Tenure: 1979–1984 · 5 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1979	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Zenovich authored 45 published opinions for the court (1979–1984), plus 2 dissents and 4 concurrences. Most cited: Merced County Department of Human Resources v. Ismael C. (71 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. 7 of these were attributed to Zenovich 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
1984	Merced County Department of Human Resources v. Ismael C.	152 Cal. App. 3d 1189	71
1980	Buford v. State of California	104 Cal. App. 3d 811	57
1979	County of Fresno v. Malmstrom	94 Cal. App. 3d 974	55
1980	People v. Ramos	106 Cal. App. 3d 591	54
1981	People v. Dominguez	121 Cal. App. 3d 481	37
1979	H. Russell Taylor's Fire Prevention Service, Inc. v. Coca Cola Bottling Corp.	99 Cal. App. 3d 711	37
1983	Woods v. Superior Court	149 Cal. App. 3d 931	35
1980	Tiffany v. Sierra Sands Unified School District	103 Cal. App. 3d 218	31
1979	Morales v. Superior Court· Dissent†	99 Cal. App. 3d 283	28
1983	In Re Marriage of Frederick	141 Cal. App. 3d 876	27
1979	Pena v. Municipal Court	96 Cal. App. 3d 77	24
1983	People v. Read· Concurrence†	142 Cal. App. 3d 900	21
1982	Public Employment Relations Board v. Modesto City Schools District	136 Cal. App. 3d 881	20
1981	People v. Sul· Concurrence†	122 Cal. App. 3d 355	19
1981	People v. Lovelace	116 Cal. App. 3d 541	19

Showing the 15 most-cited of 51 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 George N. Zenovich on?: George N. Zenovich was an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

Sources

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5 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).