Kenneth Andreen
Kenneth Andreen was a retired Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District. He was appointed to his newly-created position by Governor Brown, Jr. on July 8, 1980, and was confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments on August 11, 1980, taking his oath of office on August 26, 1980. He was subsequently confirmed by the electorate in 1982 and retired from the bench on January 8, 1985.
Prior to his appointment, Andreen served as a Judge of the Superior Court of Fresno County from September 27, 1963 (date of oath) to August 26, 1980. He was appointed to the position by Governor Brown, Sr. on September 19, 1963, and was subsequently elected in subsequent elections. He was also a Judge of the Municipal Court of the Fresno Judicial District from 1959-63, appointed by Governor Brown, Sr.
After retiring from the bench, Andreen practiced law in Fresno, California from 1990-92, associated with Lozano, Smith, Smith, Woliver & Behrens, and from 1985-90, a member of Blumberg, Kerkarian, Andreen, Seng & Ikeda, APC. He was also a sole practitioner from 1956-59, and from 1952-56, he was associated with David E. & Denver C. Peckinpah.
Andreen was a member of the California Judges Association from 1959- (served on Committee on Criminal Practice and Revision of the Penal Code) and the Advisory Committee of Big Brothers of Fresno from 1970-. He was also a former member of the American Bar Association from 1953-81 (served on Committee on Courtroom Design and Facilities), Governor's Advisory Committee on Mental Health from 1962-65, State Advisory Committee on Alcoholism from 1960-64, Advisory Committee of Fresno State Mental Hygiene Clinic from 1960-65, California Committee on Regional Medical Programs from 1969-72 (disburses federal funds for prevention and cure of heart disease, cancer, and stroke), and Board of Directors of Fresno Associates for Mentally Retarded from 1953-58. He was also the Past Chairman of the Special Study Committee on Role and Future of California Youth Authority from 1977-79 and the former Co-chair of the Employment Section, Mayor's Bi-Racial Committee from 1960-63.
Andreen was a faculty member of the California Judicial College (CJER) at Berkeley from 1982 and 1978-80 and its predecessors, the California Trial Judges College Session (CJER) from 1973-76, and the California College of Trial Judges in 1972 and 1968. He was also a faculty member of the California Continuing Judicial Studies Program (CJSP) (CJER) in 1981.
Andreen attended the National College of State Trial Judges at the University of Colorado School of Law in 1965, and was granted a J.D. from Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, California in June of 1951 (Order of the Coif). He also attended the University of California, Berkeley from 1946-48 and Chico State College (now California State University Chico) from 1941-42. He graduated from Chico High School in 1941. He was admitted to the California Bar on July 31, 1952.
Andreen was a Democrat and an Episcopalian. He was an instrument-rated commercial pilot and enjoyed skiing, fishing, and camping. He was married and had two children.
One of Andreen's important judicial opinions was in the case of People v. Garcia (1975), ruling that defendants indicted for murder by a county grand jury were entitled to a preliminary hearing in municipal court.