Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, First District, Division Three: Shall Associate Justice IOANA PETROU be elected to the office for the term provided by law?
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What does this office do?
- Deciding what state laws and the state constitution mean
- Setting rulings that lower state courts must follow
- Deciding major criminal and civil cases
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Gun Control,
Ioana Petrou
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · Official site
Petrou is an associate justice in Division Three of California's First District Court of Appeal. She previously served on the Alameda County Superior Court and as an assistant U.S. attorney in New York and Northern California.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 13 records
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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- February 8, 2024 · Authored People v. Lashon, affirming a murder judgment while recognizing a separate habeas route for the defendant's Racial Justice Act claim. (General)
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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- May 19, 2025 · Authored McDaniel v. Superior Court, ordering reconsideration of Racial Justice Act discovery after finding a plausible statistical foundation for racial-bias allegations. (General)
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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Track record — Impartiality
Impartiality · 1 favorable
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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Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 18 favorable
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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Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 2 records
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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