Judge

Andrew W. Gould

Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One · Appointed January 1, 2011

Education and employment

Andrew Gould is a partner at Holtzman Vogel and focuses his practice on Appellate, Commercial Litigation and Constitutional Law.

Prior to joining the firm, Andrew was a Justice to the Arizona Supreme Court from 2016 to 2021. After retiring from the bench in 2021, he worked as a Senior Counsel for First Liberty Institute litigating religious liberty cases throughout the United States. He also served as a Judge on Division One of the Arizona Court of Appeals from 2011 to 2016 where he authored over 400 opinions, and served as a Judge of the Superior Court in Yuma County for 11 years.

Judicial record

604 opinions where Andrew W. Gould sat on the panel, spanning 2014–2021.

214 Majority authored
390 Joined majority

By court

  • Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 485
  • Ariz. 119

By disposition

  • Affirmed 375
  • Mixed 67
  • Denied 48
  • Reversed 48
  • Vacated 23
  • Dismissed 7
  • Remanded 6
  • Granted 5
  • Modified 2

Panel votes per year

How Andrew W. Gould's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with John R. Lopez IV for comparison (drop the overlay).

0 35 70 105 140 175 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 2014: 141 votes — Andrew W. Gould 2015: 167 votes — Andrew W. Gould 2016: 171 votes — Andrew W. Gould 2017: 27 votes — Andrew W. Gould 2018: 35 votes — Andrew W. Gould 2019: 17 votes — Andrew W. Gould 2020: 40 votes — Andrew W. Gould 2021: 6 votes — Andrew W. Gould 2017: 14 votes — John R. Lopez IV 2018: 26 votes — John R. Lopez IV 2019: 17 votes — John R. Lopez IV 2020: 40 votes — John R. Lopez IV 2021: 29 votes — John R. Lopez IV 2022: 42 votes — John R. Lopez IV 2023: 27 votes — John R. Lopez IV 2024: 34 votes — John R. Lopez IV 2025: 35 votes — John R. Lopez IV 2026: 16 votes — John R. Lopez IV
  • Andrew W. Gould
  • John R. Lopez IV

Most-frequent co-panelists

Judges who appeared on the same opinions. aligned = same bucket (both majority, both dissent); partial = concurred in result but wrote separately; split = the meaningful disagreement (majority vs dissent).

Recent opinions

15 most recent opinions where Andrew W. Gould sat on the panel.

Docket Court Filed Disposition Case
CR-19-0368-PR Ariz. 2021-03-18 Reversed and remanded State of Arizona v. Easton Courtney Murray
CR-19-0292-PR Ariz. 2021-03-09 Vacated and remanded State of Arizona v. Chris Thomas Gomez
CV-20-0068-PR Ariz. 2021-03-02 Vacated John R France v. ica/gila county/acip
CV-20-0027-PR Ariz. 2021-02-08 Reversed and remanded Darcie Schires v. Cathy Carlat
CR-19-0276-PR Ariz. 2021-01-11 Affirmed State of Arizona v. William Mixton
CV-19-0200-PR Ariz. 2021-01-08 Affirmed Ephraim Dabush v. Seacret Direct LLC
CV-20-0112-PR Ariz. 2020-12-30 Affirmed State v. Md Helicopters Inc
CV-19-0247-PR Ariz. 2020-11-25 Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded State of Arizona Ex Rel Brnovich v. Abor
CV-19-0128-PR Ariz. 2020-11-25 Affirmed Claudia Duff v. Hon. lee/tucson Police
CV-20-0253-AP/EL Ariz. 2020-11-05 Reversed Az Public Integrity v. Adrian Fontes
CR-18-0295-AP Ariz. 2020-11-04 Affirmed State of Arizona v. Allyn Akeem Smith
CR-98-0510-AP Ariz. 2020-11-02 Affirmed State of Arizona v. Robert Allen Poyson
CR-19-0193-PR Ariz. 2020-10-27 Affirmed State of Arizona v. Pablo Isaac Hernandez
CV-20-0213-AP/EL Ariz. 2020-10-26 Affirmed in part, reversed in part Jaime a Molera v. Katie Hobbs
CR-18-0595-PR Ariz. 2020-10-09 Affirmed State of Arizona v. Martin Raul Soto-Fong