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Tani Cantil-Sakauye's Biography

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Full Name:

Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Mark; 2 Children

Birth Date:

10/19/1959

Birth Place:

Sacramento, CA

Home City:

Sacramento, CA

JD, Martin Luther King Jr. School of Law, University of California, Davis, 1984

BA, Rhetoric, University of California, Davis, 1980

Attended, Sacramento City College, 1978

No political experience information on file.

Chair, Commission on Judicial Appointments, 2010-present

Chair, Judicial Council of California, 2008-present

Chair, Advisory Committee on Financial Accountability and Efficiency for the Judicial Branch, Judicial Council of California

Former Chair, Best Practices Domestic Violence Subcommittee, California Judicial Council

Member, California Commission on Impartial Courts

Vice Chair, Executive and Planning Committee, Judicial Council of California

Co-Chair, Judicial Recruitment and Retention Working Group, Judicial Council of California

Vice Chair, Rules and Projects Committee, Judicial Council of California

Former Member, Task Force on Domestic Violence Practice and Procedure, Judicial Council

Special Master, Disciplinary Proceedings, Commission on Judicial Performance, 2007

Chief Justice, California Supreme Court, 2010-2023

Judge, California Third District Court of Appeals, 2005-2010

Judge, Sacramento County Superior Court, 1997-2005

Judge, Sacramento County Municipal Court, 1990-1997

Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary/Deputy Legislative Secretary, Senior Staff, Governor Deukmejian, 1988-1990

Deputy District Attorney, Sacramento District Attorney's Office, 1984-1988

President, Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court

Co-Leader, Brownie/Junior Girl Scout Troop

Member, California Judges Association

Volunteer, Church Bazaar

Member, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Member, Sacramento Asian Bar Association

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