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 1989

Joyce L. Kennard

Justice, California Court of Appeal

Joyce L. Kennard was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1988. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1988–1989 · 1 yr

Judicial service

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

Judicial Record

In our data, Kennard authored 10 published opinions for the court (1986–1988). Most cited: Jones v. Grewe (93 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 Kennard 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
1987	Jones v. Grewe	189 Cal. App. 3d 950	93
1987	Downey Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Ohio Casualty Insurance	189 Cal. App. 3d 1072	83
1988	People v. Chandler	203 Cal. App. 3d 782	49
1988	Midwest Television, Inc. v. Scott, Lancaster, Mills & Atha, Inc.	205 Cal. App. 3d 442	25
1988	Carney v. Rotkin, Schmerin & McIntyre	206 Cal. App. 3d 1513	23
1988	People v. Cowger	202 Cal. App. 3d 1066	21
1988	Scaringe v. J. C. C. Enterprises, Inc.	205 Cal. App. 3d 1536	16
1986	People v. Kings Point Corp.	188 Cal. App. 3d 544	14
1987	Martin v. K & K PROPERTIES, INC.	188 Cal. App. 3d 1559	9
1988	Carney v. Rotkin, Schmerin & McIntyre†	206 Cal. App. 3d 1513	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 was Joyce L. Kennard on?: Joyce L. Kennard was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

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1 year 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).