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 1965 / Served to 1988

Robert Feinerman

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal

Robert Feinerman was an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1965. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1965–1988 · 22 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1965	California Court of Appeal	–	–
1982	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Feinerman authored 112 published opinions for the court (1969–1988). Most cited: People v. Jose R. (80 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 Feinerman 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
1982	People v. Jose R.	137 Cal. App. 3d 269	80
1983	Strauss v. A. L. Randall Co.	144 Cal. App. 3d 514	54
1982	Gurkewitz v. Haberman	137 Cal. App. 3d 328	35
1985	People v. Leigh	168 Cal. App. 3d 217	34
1985	Industrial Indemnity Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board	165 Cal. App. 3d 633	34
1985	New v. Consolidated Rock Products Co.	171 Cal. App. 3d 681	33
1983	A-Mark Coin Co. v. General Mills, Inc.	148 Cal. App. 3d 312	32
1983	Pacific Coast Medical Enterprises v. Department of Benefit Payments	140 Cal. App. 3d 197	32
1971	Pendergraft v. Superior Court	15 Cal. App. 3d 237	32
1969	Pitchess v. Superior Court	2 Cal. App. 3d 644	32
1969	Pitchess v. Superior Court	2 Cal. App. 3d 653	30
1982	People v. Surety Insurance	136 Cal. App. 3d 556	28
1982	Munyon v. Ole's, Inc.	136 Cal. App. 3d 697	27
1983	Owens v. Palos Verdes Monaco	142 Cal. App. 3d 855	26
1983	Palos Verdes Shores Mobile Estates, Ltd. v. City of Los Angeles	142 Cal. App. 3d 362	26

Showing the 15 most-cited of 112 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 Robert Feinerman on?: Robert Feinerman was an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

Sources

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22 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).