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 1988 / Served to 1995

Joanne C. Parrilli

Justice, California Court of Appeal

Joanne C. Parrilli was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1988. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1988–1995 · 6 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1988	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Parrilli authored 113 published opinions for the court (1977–2007). Most cited: In Re Jasmine D. (494 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.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2000	In Re Jasmine D.	93 Cal. Rptr. 2d 644	494
2001	People v. Cluff	105 Cal. Rptr. 2d 80	151
2000	Pierotti v. Torian	96 Cal. Rptr. 2d 553	101
2002	In Re Brian P.	121 Cal. Rptr. 2d 326	99
1998	Burlesci v. Petersen	80 Cal. Rptr. 2d 704	90
2004	People v. Wells	12 Cal. Rptr. 3d 762	85
1999	Acceptance Insurance v. Syufy Enterprises	81 Cal. Rptr. 2d 557	85
1996	Stevens v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.	49 Cal. App. 4th 1645	75
2004	People v. Johnson	18 Cal. Rptr. 3d 230	71
1999	Richard C. v. Renee C.	80 Cal. Rptr. 2d 887	61
1999	Neverkovec v. Fredericks	87 Cal. Rptr. 2d 856	60
2001	Holland v. MORSE DIESEL INTERNAT., INC.	104 Cal. Rptr. 2d 239	57
1995	People v. Ortiz	38 Cal. App. 4th 377	57
2006	People v. Hiscox	38 Cal. Rptr. 3d 781	56
2000	People v. James	96 Cal. Rptr. 2d 823	54

Showing the 15 most-cited of 113 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 Joanne C. Parrilli on?: Joanne C. Parrilli was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

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6 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).