Profile: Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye
Profile: Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye
Born: Oct. 19, 1959
Residence: Sacramento
Education: C.K. McClatchy High School, Sacramento, 1977; Sacramento City College, 1978; UC Davis, bachelor’s degree with honors in rhetoric, 1980; UC Davis Martin Luther King Jr. School of Law, law degree, 1984
Career highlights: Assistant legal counsel and then deputy legislative secretary to Gov. George Deukmejian, 1988/89; appointed to Sacramento County Municipal Court by Deukmejian, 1990; elevated to Sacramento County Superior Court by Gov. Pete Wilson, 1997; nominated to Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2005; presided over Sacramento County’s first domestic violence court; member of the Judicial Council; president of the Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court, dedicated to promoting civility, ethics and professionalism in the law.
Interests: Co-led a Brownie and junior Girl Scout Troop; church bazaar volunteer.
Family: married to Sacramento Police Lt. Mark Sakauye; two daughters, Hana and Clare.
Quote: “In the beginning I think people perceived my politeness as a weakness,” she told the Sacramento Bee in 2005. “It’s not — it’s a threshold for entering into robust debate.”
— Compiled by Times staff writer Lee Romney
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