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Joyce L. Kennard

Judicial Career

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    4/4/1988 – 4/5/1989

Biography

Josephine "Joyce" Luther Kennard is a Dutch-American judge and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California. Appointed by Governor George Deukmejian in 1989, she was the longest-serving justice sitting on the Court at the time of her 2014 retirement, having been retained by California's voters three times—first to fill the unexpired term in 1990, followed by second and third consecutive twelve-year terms in 1994 and 2006.

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