Aimee A. Feinberg
CA · Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District
Feinberg has served as an associate justice on California's Third District Court of Appeal since 2024. She previously served as a California deputy solicitor general and directed the California Supreme Court Clinic at UC Davis School of Law.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 3 records
Was sworn in as an associate justice of the Third District Court of Appeal.
January 30, 2024
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Was nominated to serve as an associate justice of the Third District Court of Appeal.
December 7, 2023
Source: gov.ca.gov
Began serving as a California Deputy Solicitor General, representing state agencies and officials in complex appeals.
January 1, 2014
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 25 favorable
Joined People v. $379,744 U.S. Currency, reversing a forfeiture judgment as to one claimant because the jury's ownership and innocence findings conflicted with awarding him nothing.
July 10, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Joined Phan v. Knight Sacramento, affirming refusal to enforce employment arbitration agreements whose overbreadth and lack of mutuality made them unconscionable.
July 2, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored People v. Riddle, affirming termination of mental-health diversion when required residential treatment was unavailable and rejecting court-ordered public funding for private treatment.
October 21, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored Fennessy v. Altoonian, affirming judgment against a seller's indemnity and related claims arising from an undisclosed death at residential property.
September 19, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Joined Dessins v. City of Sacramento, holding the city could vote its fee-paying properties in a Proposition 218 storm-drainage-fee election.
July 9, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored Johnson v. Department of Transportation, upholding disqualification of counsel and experts who continued using privileged material despite a protective order.
March 17, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Joined People v. Gray, holding locked exterior utility-truck compartments counted as vehicle interiors for burglary and affirming the convictions.
March 12, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Joined People v. Zwerenz, affirming recommitment of an offender with a mental health disorder based on individualized evidence of substantial public danger.
December 20, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Dissented in People v. Robinson, arguing grand-jury testimony was inadmissible hearsay in a murder-resentencing hearing and lacked adversarial safeguards.
December 9, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Joined In re J.M., ordering a new juvenile transfer hearing under amended rehabilitation standards and resentencing if the case remained in adult court.
July 12, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Joined Smith v. Myers, affirming validation of a trust amendment and holding a one-year limitations statute did not govern claims based on the document itself.
July 10, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Was sworn in as an associate justice of the Third District Court of Appeal.
January 30, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Was nominated to serve as an associate justice of the Third District Court of Appeal.
December 7, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: gov.ca.gov
Returned to Munger, Tolles & Olson as of counsel after nine years in the California Department of Justice.
January 1, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: gov.ca.gov
Represented California in The GEO Group v. Newsom, defending the state's ban on private immigration detention contracts.
September 26, 2022Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Represented the Attorney General in Mathews v. Becerra, where the California Supreme Court upheld mandated reporting of suspected child pornography.
August 29, 2019Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Argued for California in United States v. California, defending state limits on cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
April 18, 2019Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: openjurist.org
Represented California in Vergara v. State, where the Court of Appeal reversed a judgment invalidating teacher-tenure statutes.
May 3, 2016Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Began serving as a California Deputy Solicitor General, representing state agencies and officials in complex appeals.
January 1, 2014Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Directed the California Supreme Court Clinic at UC Davis School of Law and represented clients before the state high court.
January 1, 2012Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Also on this bill
- January 1, 2012 · Taught California Supreme Court practice, appellate advocacy, and legal ethics at UC Davis School of Law. (Candidate Ethics, Favorable on Legal Competence)
Taught California Supreme Court practice, appellate advocacy, and legal ethics at UC Davis School of Law.
January 1, 2012Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Also on this bill
- January 1, 2012 · Directed the California Supreme Court Clinic at UC Davis School of Law and represented clients before the state high court. (Favorable on Legal Competence)
Practiced appellate and complex litigation at Munger, Tolles & Olson.
January 1, 2005Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: gov.ca.gov
Clerked for Justice Stephen G. Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court.
January 1, 2004Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: gov.ca.gov
Clerked for Judge David S. Tatel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
January 1, 2003Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: gov.ca.gov
Practiced litigation at Covington & Burling.
January 1, 2002Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: gov.ca.gov
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 2 records
Authored Johnson v. Department of Transportation, upholding disqualification of counsel and experts who continued using privileged material despite a protective order.
March 17, 2025
Source: law.justia.com
Taught California Supreme Court practice, appellate advocacy, and legal ethics at UC Davis School of Law.
January 1, 2012
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Also on this bill
- January 1, 2012 · Directed the California Supreme Court Clinic at UC Davis School of Law and represented clients before the state high court. (Favorable on Legal Competence)
Past race Aimee A. Feinberg ran in:
- Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Third District: Shall Associate Justice AIMEE A. FEINBERG be elected to the office for the term provided by law? · November 3, 2026 · California · incumbent