Ioana Petrou

Served as an associate justice of Division Three of the First District Court of Appeal.

September 13, 2026

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Authored In re C.M., reversing a juvenile electronic-monitoring condition that delegated judicial power without standards or due-process safeguards.

August 14, 2026

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Authored McDaniel v. Superior Court, ordering reconsideration of Racial Justice Act discovery after finding a plausible statistical foundation for racial-bias allegations.

May 19, 2025

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Authored People v. Lashon, affirming a murder judgment while recognizing a separate habeas route for the defendant's Racial Justice Act claim.

February 8, 2024

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Authored Betancourt v. Transportation Brokerage Specialists, holding Amazon last-mile delivery drivers exempt from Federal Arbitration Act coverage.

March 29, 2021

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Authored People v. Wilson, holding courts retained discretion to impose parole after felony-murder resentencing despite excess custody credits.

August 6, 2020

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Filled the appellate vacancy created by Justice Stuart Pollak's elevation to presiding justice.

November 21, 2018

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Was appointed associate justice of Division Three of the First District Court of Appeal.

November 21, 2018

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Was appointed to the Alameda County Superior Court.

January 1, 2010

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Began serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of California.

January 1, 2004

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Served as chief of major crimes in the Northern District of California U.S. Attorney's Office.

January 1, 2004

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Served as the Northern District of California U.S. Attorney's Criminal Health Care Fraud Coordinator.

January 1, 2004

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Served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York's criminal division.

January 1, 2000

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Authored People v. Williams, reversing a burglary conviction because the trial judge's questioning of a fingerprint expert constituted prejudicial judicial misconduct.

January 26, 2021Favorable on Impartiality

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Served on the Judicial Council's advisory committees on civil jury instructions and information technology.

September 13, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence

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Served as chair of the California Judges Association Appellate Committee.

September 13, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored In re Fuel Industry Climate Cases, holding Citgo subject to California jurisdiction in local governments' climate-harm litigation.

January 5, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored Parker v. Schwarcz, affirming denial of a former conservatee's petition for records and property from a temporary conservator.

October 19, 2022Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored New Livable California v. Association of Bay Area Governments, rejecting an open-meetings challenge to a regional housing-allocation process.

December 18, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence

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Was honored as the Alameda County Trial Judge of the Year by the Alameda Contra Costa Trial Lawyers.

January 1, 2016Favorable on Legal Competence

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Represented Alameda and Contra Costa counties on the California Judges Association board.

January 1, 2014Favorable on Legal Competence

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Began teaching trial practice at Berkeley Law.

January 1, 2014Favorable on Legal Competence

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Supervised the Alameda County Superior Court's civil division.

January 1, 2010Favorable on Legal Competence

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Chaired the Alameda County Superior Court's judicial-education committee.

January 1, 2010Favorable on Legal Competence

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Chaired the Alameda County Superior Court's civil committee and served on its executive committee.

January 1, 2010Favorable on Legal Competence

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Handled family, criminal, unlimited-civil, and complex-civil assignments on the Alameda County Superior Court.

January 1, 2010Favorable on Legal Competence

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Was named a California Attorney of the Year by The Recorder.

January 1, 2009Favorable on Legal Competence

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Served as of counsel at O'Melveny and Myers LLP.

January 1, 2002Favorable on Legal Competence

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Worked as a civil-litigation associate at Foley and Lardner LLP.

January 1, 1996Favorable on Legal Competence

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Worked as an associate at Weissburg and Aronson.

January 1, 1995Favorable on Legal Competence

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Worked as an associate at Proskauer Rose LLP.

January 1, 1994Favorable on Legal Competence

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Served as a judicial extern to Justice Sheila Prell Sonenshine on the Fourth District Court of Appeal.

January 1, 1992Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored Point San Pedro Road Coalition v. County of Marin, affirming an order setting aside the county's quarry-resolution approval.

April 3, 2019

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Performed extensive pro bono work at Foley and Lardner and received the firm's Lynford Lardner Community Service Award.

January 1, 1999

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