Judge Currently Seated

Daniel J. Kiley

Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One

Portrait of Daniel J. Kiley

Photograph courtesy of the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One.

Education and employment

Daniel J. Kiley was appointed to Division One of the Arizona Court of Appeals by Governor Doug Ducey, taking his seat on January 18, 2023. From 2010 to 2023, Judge Kiley served on the Maricopa County Superior Court, handling cases in the Family, Criminal, Civil and Lower Court Appeals (LCA) Departments. He served for two years as Associate Civil Presiding Judge and, later, two years as Presiding LCA Judge. Prior to his appointment to the superior court in 2010, Judge Kiley was a commercial litigator in private practice with the firm of Mohr, Hackett, Pederson, Blakley & Randolph P.C. and its successor, Sherman & Howard L.L.C. He began his legal career as an Assistant Attorney General, representing the State of Arizona in criminal and asset forfeiture cases at the trial and appellate levels.

Judge Kiley received his bachelor’s degree cum laude from Harvard University and his law degree cum laude from Arizona State University College of Law (now the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law), where he was a Note & Comment Editor for the Arizona State Law Journal. He has been active in the bar association and other community organizations, including serving as President of the Public Lawyers Division of the Maricopa County Bar Association (MCBA), Co-Chair of the MCBA’s Bench-Bar Committee, Vice Chair of the City of Mesa Judicial Advisory Board, and a member of the Board of Directors of NPH USA – Southwest Region (formerly known as Friends of the Orphans).

Judicial record

297 opinions where Daniel J. Kiley sat on the panel, spanning 2023–2026.

109 Majority authored
184 Joined majority
4 Dissents

By court

  • Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 296
  • Ariz. 1

By disposition

  • Affirmed 179
  • Mixed 38
  • Denied 32
  • Vacated 27
  • Reversed 9
  • Granted 4
  • Dismissed 3

Panel votes per year

How Daniel J. Kiley's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Add ?vs=<another-judge-slug> to the URL to overlay a second judge, or click compare next to any co-panelist below.

0 20 40 60 80 100 2023 2024 2025 2026 2023: 60 votes — Daniel J. Kiley 2024: 89 votes — Daniel J. Kiley 2025: 88 votes — Daniel J. Kiley 2026: 60 votes — Daniel J. Kiley
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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 Daniel J. Kiley sat on the panel.

Docket Court Filed Disposition Case
1 CA-SA 26-0132 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2026-08-13 Denied in part Northern Arizona v. Bickham
1 CA-CV 25-1040 FC Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2026-08-13 Affirmed in part; dismissed in part Habicht v. Peterson
1 CA-CV 25-1002 FC Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2026-08-03 Affirmed West v. Davis
1 CA-CR 25-0455 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2026-08-03 Vacated and remanded State v. Morrow
1 CA-CR 25-0370 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2026-08-03 Affirmed State v. Tijerina
1 CA-CV 25-0526 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2026-08-03 Affirmed BURT v. GERLAK
1 CA-CR 25-0267 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2026-07-31 Affirmed in part; reversed and remanded in part State v. Villalpando
1 CA-CV 25-0483 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2026-07-31 Affirmed in part; vacated and remanded in part PARAGON v. STATE
1 CA-CV 25-0434 FC Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2026-07-31 Vacated and remanded Bell v. MacKelprang
1 CA-CR 25-0468 PRPC Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2026-07-29 Denied State v. King
1 CA-CV 26-0036 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2026-07-21 Affirmed Tuanaki v. Ally
1 CA-CV 25-0910 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2026-07-20 Affirmed Fisher v. Finch
1 CA-CR 24-0599 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2026-07-20 Affirmed State v. Younis
CV-25-0116-PR Ariz. 2026-07-17 Reversed in part and remanded Gelvin v. Hon. parker/gelvin
1 CA-CR 25-0556 PRPC Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2026-07-15 Denied State v. Walls-Bey