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PUBLIC NOTICE:

Yolo Superior Court will celebrate Juror Appreciation Week, May 13–17 to recognize the service and participation of jurors from our local community who devote their time and effort in “making the cherished right of trial by jury a reality.” Please click here to read the article by Judge Daniel P. Maguire.

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)