Gabriel P. Sanchez

Justice Sanchez was appointed to the First Appellate District in 2018 by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. He has a long history of working in criminal justice reform, including managing and directing all state and federal prisoner class action cases and other significant corrections litigation and appeals. He also advised the Governor on criminal justice reform legislation, executive appointments, parole and clemency decisions. Justice Sanchez graduated from Yale College and Yale Law School and clerked for the Honorable Richard A. Paez on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He currently lives in Oakland, California with his wife and son.