Court of Appeal, 1st District, Division 1 (San Francisco
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)