At the lectern has Former Justice Panelli dies (atthelectern.com)
"Justice Edward Panelli served with honor and integrity over a long legal career and as a distinguished member of our California Supreme Court," Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero said.
The DJ has Edward A. Panelli, 1931 -- 2024 -- Served as a justice on the California Supreme Court.
Panelli served on the Supreme Court from 1985 to 1994. Before that, he was on the 6th District Court of Appeals, from 1983 to 1985, the last year as presiding justice of the court, and on the Santa Clara Superior Court from 1972 to 1983.
Former California Supreme Court Justice Edward Panelli Dies at 92 | The Recorder (law.com) -- The son of Italian immigrants, Edward Panelli was urged at an early age to become a lawyer. His judicial career spanned every level of California's judiciary and concluded with a career as a neutral.
- Then-Gov. Ronald Reagain appointed him to the Santa Clara County Superior Court in 1972. He was elevated to the First District Court of Appeal in 1983 and was named presiding justice of the fledgling Sixth District Court of Appeal in San Jose one year later.
- Then-Gov. George Deukmejian appointed him to the California Supreme Court in 1985. Voters affirmed his appointment in 1986, even as they ended the tenure of three Brown-appointees.