Veronika Fabian
Photograph courtesy of the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One.
Education and employment
Judge Veronika Fabian was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division 1, on May 15, 2025 by Governor Katie Hobbs. Judge Fabian graduated from Cornell University in 1990 and received her juris doctorate from the University of Michigan Law School in 1993.
After graduating from law school, Judge Fabian went to work for DNA-People’s Legal Services, a private non-profit legal services organization, in Window Rock, Arizona, the capital of the Navajo Nation. Judge Fabian lived and worked on the Nation for three and a half years. She then transferred to the DNA office in Flagstaff, Arizona, where she continues to live today. From 1996 to 2003, she was the Director of DNA’s Consumer Law Project. At the end of her tenure, Judge Fabian won the Sharon A. Fullmer legal aid attorney of the year from the Arizona State Bar. After leaving DNA, she became a partner in the law firm of Choi & Fabian PLC with offices in Flagstaff and Chandler, Arizona, where she worked until her appointment in 2025. The Arizona Bar Foundation has twice named her as one of the fifty top pro bono attorneys in Arizona.
Before her appointment, Judge Fabian practiced primarily in the areas of consumer protection law and personal injury law. She has argued in the Navajo Nation Supreme Court, Arizona Court of Appeals, Arizona Supreme Court, and Ninth Circuit. She has done both bench and jury trials in the Navajo Nation Court, Arizona Superior Court, and New Mexico District Court.
Judge Fabian was appointed by the Arizona Supreme Court to serve on the Committee on Civil Rules of Procedure for Limited Jurisdiction Courts and the Committee on Civil Justice Reform. Since 2018, Judge Fabian has served and currently chairs the Arizona State Bar Civil Practice and Procedure Committee.
Judge Fabian served on the board of directors for the William E. Morris Institute for Justice from 2017-2025. She has also previously consulted with and assisted the Civil Litigation Clinic at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.
Judicial record
132 opinions where Veronika Fabian sat on the panel, spanning 2025–2026.
By court
By disposition
Panel votes per year
How Veronika Fabian's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with Anni Hill Foster for comparison (drop the overlay).
- Veronika Fabian
- Anni Hill Foster
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).
- Anni Hill Foster 51 shared 51 aligned compare
- James B. Morse Jr. 50 shared 50 aligned compare
- Michael J. Brown 41 shared 41 aligned compare
- David D. Weinzweig 26 shared 26 aligned compare
- Kent E. Cattani 26 shared 26 aligned compare
- Michael S. Catlett 25 shared 25 aligned compare
- Andrew M. Jacobs 15 shared 15 aligned compare
- Daniel J. Kiley 15 shared 15 aligned compare
- Andrew J. Becke 7 shared 7 aligned compare
- Randall M. Howe 4 shared 4 aligned compare
Recent opinions
15 most recent opinions where Veronika Fabian sat on the panel.
| Docket | Court | Filed | Disposition | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 CA-CV 25-0862 FC | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-11-04 | Affirmed | Smythe v. Stewart |
| 1 CA-SA 26-0185 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-11-04 | Granted | viirl/piazzisi v. Moen |
| 1 CA-CV 26-0004 FC | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-11-04 | Affirmed | Warner v. Gurule |
| 1 CA-JV 26-0081 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-10-28 | Affirmed | In Re Term of Parental Rights as to T.T. |
| 1 CA-CR 26-0064 PRPC | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-10-23 | Denied | State v. Mitchell |
| 1 CA-JV 26-0033 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-10-19 | Affirmed | In Re Term of Parental Rights as to M.C. |
| 1 CA-CV 26-0167 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-10-19 | Affirmed | CARRASCO v. HONORHEALTH |
| 1 CA-CV 25-1023 FC | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-10-15 | Dismissed | Pike v. Vanderhyde |
| 1 CA-JV 26-0091 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-10-15 | Affirmed | In Re Term of Parental Rights as to J.H. and P.H. |
| 1 CA-JV 26-0029 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-10-14 | Affirmed | In Re Term of Parental Rights as to R.H. |
| 1 CA-CV 26-0017 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-10-14 | Affirmed | Wellness v. Arizona Doh |
| 1 CA-CR 26-0054 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-10-09 | Dismissed | State v. Coble |
| 1 CA-JV 25-0201 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-10-08 | Affirmed | In Re Term of Parental Rights as to A.I. and N.I. |
| 1 CA-IC 25-0028 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-09-25 | Affirmed | Zhu v. honeywell/honeywell |
| 1 CA-CV 26-0074 FC | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-09-23 | Affirmed | Medina v. Riyahi |