Vance W Raye

Presiding Justice

California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District

2010 - Current

Associate Justice

California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District

1991 - 2010

Judge

Sacramento Superior Court

1989 - 1991

Governor’s Deputy Legislative Secretary /Governor’s Legal Affairs Secretary

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1983 - 1989

Senior Assistant Attorney General

California Attorney General’s Office

1980 - 1983

Deputy Attorney General

California Attorney General’s Office

1974 - 1980

United States Air Force

1970 - 1974

University of Oklahoma

law degree

Honors: President’s Leadership Award; inducted into the Pi Sigma Alpha honor society.

California Judges Association

Member

Current

Council of Chief Judges

Member

Current

American Bar Association Criminal Justice Standards Committee

Member

Current

California Judicial Council Appellate Courts Advisory Committee

Member

Current

Committee’s Legislative Subcommittee

Chair

Current

California Commission on Judicial Performance

Chair

Current

Elkins Family Court Reform Task Force

Member

Current

Milton Schwartz/ David Levi Inn of Court

President and Master of the Bench

Current

State Child Welfare Council

co-chair

Current

UC Davis Medical School Leadership Council

Current

Center for Health Care Decisions

Board of Directors

Current

100 Black Men of Sacramento

Current

Task Force on Victim Restitution

1989 - Current

National Governors Association Staff Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Chair

1988 - Current

California Council on Criminal Justice Gang Violence Task Force

1988 - Current

Executive Committee of the California Judicial Council Commission on the Future of the Courts

1993

Commission’s Family Relations Committee

Chair

1993

Judicial Council Committee on Family Law

Chair

1992 - 1993

California Civil Practice, Family Law Litigation