Kenneth Andreen 6019

Kenneth Andreen was a former associate justice of the California Court of Appeal, Fifth District. He was appointed to the Fresno Municipal Court by Governor Edmund Pat Brown in 1959, when he was 34 years old. He had been practicing law for about seven years and was the youngest judge on the bench in the state. He adjusted to his new position by doing his homework and familiarizing himself with the law. In 1961, the Fifth District Court of Appeal was created and Phil Conley, a superior court judge in Fresno, was appointed presiding justice. Kenneth enjoyed his time on the municipal court and started a court-order class to help people who were in and out of jail for being drunk. He wrote letters to everyone who attended and the class had modest successes.