Court of Appeal, 1st District, Division 1 (San Francisco
Career Highlights: Confirmed to 9th Circuit January 2022; appointed to the California 1st District Court of Appeal by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2018; deputy legal affairs secretary, Gov. Jerry Brown, 2012-18; deputy attorney general, California Department of Justice, 2011-12; associate, Munger, Tolles & Olson, 2006-11; clerk, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard A. Paez, 2005-06.
Law School: Yale Law School
Career Highlights: Confirmed to 9th Circuit January 2022; appointed to the California 1st District Court of Appeal by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2018; deputy legal affairs secretary, Gov. Jerry Brown, 2012-18; deputy attorney general, California Department of Justice, 2011-12; associate, Munger, Tolles & Olson, 2006-11; clerk, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard A. Paez, 2005-06.
Law School: Yale Law School
Since he took the bench in Division One of the 1st District Court of Appeal in 2018, Justice Gabriel P. Sanchez said some of the most challenging cases he's heard have come in the context of juvenile dependency law.
Sanchez had no prior experience in the area, having previously been Gov. Jerry Brown's deputy legal affairs secretary on criminal justice issues and, before that, a deputy attorney general and an associate at ... (continued)
