5th District Court of Appeal (Fresno)
Career Highlights: Appointed Associate Justice, 5th District Court of Appeal, 2017-present; appointed judge, Fresno County Superior Court, 2014-17; appointed commissioner, Fresno County Superior Court, 2011-14; deputy attorney general, California Department of Justice, 2008-11; attorney, Central California Legal Services, 2007-08; shareholder, Baker, Manock, & Jensen, 1994-2007; associate, Freshman, Marantz, Orlanski, Cooper & Klein, 1992-94; associate, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, 1989-91; associate, Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, 1985-89.
Law School: UC Davis School of Law, 1985
Career Highlights: Appointed Associate Justice, 5th District Court of Appeal, 2017-present; appointed judge, Fresno County Superior Court, 2014-17; appointed commissioner, Fresno County Superior Court, 2011-14; deputy attorney general, California Department of Justice, 2008-11; attorney, Central California Legal Services, 2007-08; shareholder, Baker, Manock, & Jensen, 1994-2007; associate, Freshman, Marantz, Orlanski, Cooper & Klein, 1992-94; associate, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, 1989-91; associate, Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, 1985-89.
Law School: UC Davis School of Law, 1985
Photo credit: Travis Birchfield, La Bella Vita Photography
When Kathleen A. Meehan moved back to her hometown, she received a call from a high school classmate who also had become a lawyer.
“He said, ‘You’re going to love practicing law in Fresno, because you don’t have to take any junk off of anybody you went to high school with,” Meehan said.
Probably more than any other appellate court in California, the 5th District Court of Appeal is mostly occupied by ... (continued)
