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Mar. 12, 2026

Probate commissioner Heath Langle brings winding career to Sacramento bench

A former teacher, aerospace worker and cyclist, Heath T. Langle built a probate career shaped by family influence, personal loss and a union dispute that once put him on the Wall Street Journal's front page.

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Probate commissioner Heath Langle brings winding career to Sacramento bench
Sacramento County Superior Court

Career Highlights: Appointed Sacramento County Superior Court Commissioner, 2023; adjunct professor, Lincoln Law School of Sacramento, 2019-present; temporary judge, small claims, Sacramento County Superior Court, 2018-present; attorney, Bold, Polisner, Maddow, Nelson & Judson APC, 2021-23; attorney, Hackard Law, 2020-21; sole practitioner, 2014-20; associate, Wagner, Kirkman, Blaine, Klomparens & Youmans, 2013-14; associate, La Follette, Johnson, DeHaas, Fesler and Ames, 201112; general counsel, Diagnostic Radiology Services LLC, 2010-11; associate, Porter Scott, APC, 2009-10; sole practitioner, 2006-08.

Law School: Lincoln Law School of Sacramento, 2005

SACRAMENTO -- When people enter Sacramento County Superior Court Commissioner Heath T. Langle's office, the first thing they might notice is his Dallas Cowboys memorabilia. One of his fellow judges certainly did.

"When I first started in this courthouse, Judge John Winn was working in the same department," Langle said. "He came in and took a picture of my little Cowboys shrine there and sent the picture to our presiding judge and asked if he had to p... (continued)

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