Los Angeles County (Norwalk)
Career Highlights: Retired December 23, 2022, Elevated to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by unification, 2000; judge, Los Angeles County Municipal Court 1997-2000; commissioner, Los Angeles County Municipal Court, 1995-97; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 1985-95; partner, Sahagun & Danton, Los Angeles, 1984-86; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 1981-84; field attorney, National Labor Relations Board, Los Angeles, 1979-81
Law School: UCLA School of Law
Career Highlights: Retired December 23, 2022, Elevated to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by unification, 2000; judge, Los Angeles County Municipal Court 1997-2000; commissioner, Los Angeles County Municipal Court, 1995-97; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 1985-95; partner, Sahagun & Danton, Los Angeles, 1984-86; deputy public defender, Los Angeles County, 1981-84; field attorney, National Labor Relations Board, Los Angeles, 1979-81
Law School: UCLA School of Law
Having spent 25 years on the bench, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Raul A. Sahagun doesn't shy away from tough calls.
In a death penalty case last year, Sahagun refused to allow a statement to be read in his Norwalk courtroom on behalf Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, who opposes the death penalty.
In the case, Jade Douglas Harris was convicted and sentenced to death for k... (continued)
