Judge
Traffic/SC/UD, State Hosp. Calendar (Mon PM)
Sacramento County Superior Court
Gordon D Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse
Department/Division:
39
Days:
M-F
Courtroom/Floor:
2nd
720 9th St
Sacramento , CA 95814
(916) 874-7584
Appointed to the Sacramento Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown in December 2018. Southworth has been Brown's chief deputy legal affairs secretary since 2014. He's spent most of his career with the state, joining the Department of Justice in 1997. He served as deputy secretary and general counsel at the California State Transportation Agency from 2013 to 2014. He has been involved in several significant cases related to Brown's abolition of redevelopment agencies and other issues.
Columbia Law School
Case Name | Topic | Role | Published |
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Tanesha Blye, Kimberly Alfriend, Robert Warner, Joel D. Joseph, Dennis E. Wiessner Jr., Richard Hake, Dawn Bertucci, National Association for the Advancement of Multijurisdiction Practice v. California Supreme Court | Constitutional Law | Defendant | Feb. 15, 2014 |
Smith, et al. v. Department of Fish & Game, et al. | Environmental Law | Defendant | Apr. 14, 2012 |
California Resources Agency, et al. v. United States Department of Agriculture, et al. consolidated with Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. United States Department of Agriculture, et al. | Environmental Law | Plaintiff | Jan. 15, 2011 |
California Resources Agency, et al. v. United States Department of Agriculture, et al. | Environmental Law | Plaintiff | Jun. 19, 2010 |
Case Name | Topic | Role | Published |
---|---|---|---|
Tanesha Blye, Kimberly Alfriend, Robert Warner, Joel D. Joseph, Dennis E. Wiessner Jr., Richard Hake, Dawn Bertucci, National Association for the Advancement of Multijurisdiction Practice v. California Supreme Court | Constitutional Law | Defendant | Feb. 15, 2014 |
Smith, et al. v. Department of Fish & Game, et al. | Environmental Law | Defendant | Apr. 14, 2012 |
California Resources Agency, et al. v. United States Department of Agriculture, et al. consolidated with Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. United States Department of Agriculture, et al. | Environmental Law | Plaintiff | Jan. 15, 2011 |
California Resources Agency, et al. v. United States Department of Agriculture, et al. | Environmental Law | Plaintiff | Jun. 19, 2010 |