
Career Highlights: Elected commissioner by the judges of the Sacramento Superior Court, February 2000; partner, Jarvis, Longaker, Estabrook and Dashiell, 1990-2000; certified family law specialist, 1977; sole practitioner, 1975-90; associate, Wilke, Fluery, Sapunor & Gould, 1973-75; partner, Virga & Longaker, 1970-73; deputy district attorney, Sacramento County, 1968-70; deputy attorney general, criminal appellate division, 1966-68.
Law School: Hastings College of the Law
SACRAMENTO -- Sacramento Superior Court Commissioner Christopher Longaker has a soft spot for kids.
Longaker said he believes parents should place the needs of their children first, and when they don't -- well, he says that, when he was a family-law lawyer, he got rid of clients who didn't.
Longaker, 63, loves family law. These days, though, he spends most of his time rotating among five assignments: unlawful detainers involving landlord-tenant dispu... (continued)