Justice Patricia K. Sepulveda was appointed to the California Appellate Court in 1989 and was re-elected in 1990 and 1996. She was a Deputy District Attorney in Contra Costa County from 1978-1989 and was a member of the California Judges Association from 1989-present. She has a JD from Hastings College of the Law and a BA in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. She is a Republican and is divorced with two children.