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Judge Brown

  • Judge Brown

    DANETTE CASTILLO BROWN

    APPOINTED BY OR ELECTED AND SWORN IN:

    • Appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom and sworn in on November 27, 2023

    JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS:

    • Family (2023-current)

    STATEWIDE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE:

    • CA Office of Administrative Hearings, Medical Quality Hearing Panel (2018-2023)
    • Sacramento Filipino American Lawyers Association (SacFALA), President-Elect (2023), Vice President (2022) and Board Director (2019-2021)
    • SacFALA Excellence in Practice Award (2022)
    • UC Davis Filipino Law Students Association Trailblazer Award (2018)
    • FBI Citizens Academy Graduate (2013)
    • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Regional Governor (Northern CA and Nevada), (2009-2012)
    • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Trailblazer Award (2012)
    • My Sister’s House, a Safe Haven, Co-Founder and Director of Volunteer Legal Clinic (2007-2010)
    • My Sister's House Hero of Hope Award (2008)
    • Asian/Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento, President (2008)
    • City of Sacramento Community Racial Profiling Commission, Chair (2009-2014)

    PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

    • Yolo Unity Bar Association (2023-present)
    • Cruz Reynoso Bar Association (2023-present)
    • Leonard Friedman Bar Association (2023-present)
    • Sacramento LGBTQ+ Bar Association (2023-present)
    • Wiley Manuel Bar Association (2023-present)
    • National Filipino Lawyers Association (2022-present)
    • California Asian Pacific American Judges Association (2022-present)
    • Women Lawyers of Sacramento (2022-present)
    • Sacramento Filipino Lawyers Association (2018-present)
    • University of California Davis Filipino Law Students Association (2016-present)
    • Schwartz-Levi Inn of Court (2012-present)
    • National Asian Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento (2009-2012)
    • Asian Pacific American Bar Assoc. of Sacramento, (2004-present)
    • Asian State Employees Association (2001-2023)
    • California Attorneys and ALJ’s in State Employment (1999-2023)
    • California State Bar Association (1998-2023)

    PRE-JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE:

    • Judicial Mentorship Program, Superior Court of CA, Sacramento County (2021-2023)
    • Adjunct Legal Writing Instructor, Lincoln Law School of Sacramento (2003- present)
    • Senior Administrative Law Judge, CA Office of Administrative Hearings (2019-2023)
    • Administrative Law Judge I, II, CA Office of Administrative Hearings (2011-2019)
    • Judge Pro Tem, Superior Court of CA, Sacramento County, Carol Miller Justice Center (2008-2011)
    • Senior Staff Counsel/Staff Counsel, Enforcement Division, CA Department of Insurance (2001-2011)
    • Staff Counsel, CA Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Pesticide Regulation (1999-2001)
    • Transportation Engineer (Civil), CA Department of Transportation (1987-1999)

    ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

    • Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Mediation Certification Program (2011)
    • University of Northern California, Lorenzo Patiño School of Law, J.D. (1995)
    • University of California Davis, Double Major: Civil Engineering and Materials Science (1986)