Brian Y. Furuya
Photograph courtesy of the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One.
Education and employment
Brian Y. Furuya was appointed as a judge of the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, by Gov. Doug Ducey effective January 25, 2021. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Furuya served as a deputy county attorney for Coconino County, in the office's civil division from 2016. In his government practice, Judge Furuya handled a wide variety of matters, including tax valuation appeals, code enforcement matters, general civil litigation, and providing legal advice and representation to local fire districts, as well as many county officers, commissions, and boards. From 2007 through 2015, he was in private practice, where he handled cases in the areas of real estate and business transactions, landlord-tenant, appellate, personal injury, and corporate law, as well as civil litigation with the law firm of Aspey, Watkins & Diesel, P.L.L.C. Judge Furuya was named as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers in 2015 and again in 2016.
Residing with his family in Flagstaff, Judge Furuya is active in the community. In addition to volunteering for community focus groups for the City of Flagstaff, he has served as President of the Board of Directors for the Coconino County Bar Association, and was also selected as a member of the Flagstaff Leadership Program’s class of 2013. From 2014 through 2020, he served as the elected member of the State Bar of Arizona's Board of Governors for District 1, representing Apache, Navajo, Coconino, and Mohave counties. He also filled a term as president of the State Bar of Arizona from 2019 to 2020. He continues his volunteer service to the legal community as a member of the Board of Directors for the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education.
Judge Furuya graduated with a bachelors of arts degree, cum laude, from Brigham Young University in 2003, studying political science and philosophy. He attended the J. Reuben Clark Law School, and was awarded a juris doctor degree in 2007. In law school, Judge Furuya was Managing Editor of Articles for the Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law. He also was an adjunct professor of law with the J. Reuben Clark Law School, teaching legal interviewing & counseling theory and technique until 2010. In addition to obtaining law licenses for all State and Federal courts in Arizona and the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Furuya was also admitted to practice before the courts of the Navajo Nation in 2008, where he took pro bono cases to serve indigent members of the tribe.
Judicial record
568 opinions where Brian Y. Furuya sat on the panel, spanning 2021–2026.
By court
By disposition
Panel votes per year
How Brian Y. Furuya's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with Paul J. McMurdie for comparison (drop the overlay).
- Brian Y. Furuya
- Paul J. McMurdie
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).
- Randall M. Howe 135 shared 135 aligned compare
- James B. Morse Jr. 126 shared 125 aligned 1 split compare
- David D. Weinzweig 109 shared 109 aligned compare
- Jennifer M. Perkins 87 shared 86 aligned 1 split compare
- Jennifer B. Campbell 78 shared 77 aligned 1 split compare
- Paul J. McMurdie 77 shared 76 aligned 1 split compare
- Andrew M. Jacobs 73 shared 70 aligned 2 partial 1 split compare
- Michael J. Brown 59 shared 59 aligned compare
- David B. Gass 55 shared 55 aligned compare
- Angela K. Paton 50 shared 48 aligned 1 partial 1 split compare
Recent opinions
15 most recent opinions where Brian Y. Furuya sat on the panel.
| Docket | Court | Filed | Disposition | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 CA-CV 25-1010 FC | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-10-30 | Affirmed in part; vacated in part and remanded | Kaltz v. Kaltz |
| 1 CA-CV 26-0037 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-10-27 | Affirmed | LANGAN v. DAVIS |
| 1 CA-CV 26-0001 FC | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-10-27 | Affirmed | Pulsipher v. Norris |
| 1 CA-CV 26-0087 FC | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-10-23 | Affirmed | Lewis v. Cameron-Nichols |
| 1 CA-JV 26-0041 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-10-09 | Affirmed | In Re Term of Parental Rights as to S.F. and S.F. |
| 1 CA-CV 25-0563 PB | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-10-09 | Affirmed | Brandler v. Brandler |
| 1 CA-CV 25-1052 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-09-25 | Affirmed | LOPRESTO v. WIGWAM |
| 1 CA-CR 26-0004 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-09-24 | Affirmed in part, vacated in part | State v. Guerrero |
| 1 CA-CV 25-0917 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-09-22 | Affirmed | Mallidi v. Valero |
| 1 CA-IC 25-0035 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-09-02 | Affirmed | Roman Moreno v. Me Global Inc. |
| 1 CA-CV 26-0048 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-08-28 | Affirmed | Lyons v. Pmi |
| 1 CA-CV 25-0847 FC | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-08-28 | Affirmed in part; vacated and remanded in part | Hancock v. Hancock |
| 1 CA-JV 26-0030 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-08-28 | Vacated and remanded | In Re Termination of Parental Rights as to K.C. |
| 1 CA-CR 25-0389 | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-08-26 | Affirmed | State v. Johnson |
| 1 CA-CR 26-0075 PRPC | Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 | 2026-08-26 | Denied | State v. Orduno |