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 1985 / Served to 1993

Ramona G. Perez

Justice, California Court of Appeal

Ramona G. Perez was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1985. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1985–1993 · 7 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1985	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Perez authored 51 published opinions for the court (1993–2001). Most cited: Podolsky v. First Healthcare Corp. (104 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
1996	Podolsky v. First Healthcare Corp.	50 Cal. App. 4th 632	104
1998	Cochran v. Cochran	76 Cal. Rptr. 2d 540	93
1995	Glade v. Glade	38 Cal. App. 4th 1441	81
1997	People v. Chinchilla	52 Cal. App. 4th 683	77
1995	Hill v. City of Long Beach	33 Cal. App. 4th 1684	76
1996	Wolfe v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Insurance	46 Cal. App. 4th 554	61
2000	Pang v. Beverly Hospital, Inc.	94 Cal. Rptr. 2d 643	58
1996	Martinez v. County of Los Angeles	47 Cal. App. 4th 334	58
1997	Cochran v. Cochran	56 Cal. App. 4th 1115	57
1995	Barber v. Marina Sailing, Inc.	36 Cal. App. 4th 558	55
1998	Principal Mutual Life Insurance v. Vars, Pave, McCord & Freedman	77 Cal. Rptr. 2d 479	53
1996	Younan v. Caruso	51 Cal. App. 4th 401	43
1993	Tensor Group v. City of Glendale	14 Cal. App. 4th 154	37
2000	Black v. Department of Mental Health	100 Cal. Rptr. 2d 39	34
1997	Milton v. Perceptual Development Corp.	53 Cal. App. 4th 861	34

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 Ramona G. Perez on?: Ramona G. Perez was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

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7 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).