Eugene L. Balonon is an American lawyer
who serves as a judge of the
Sacramento County Superior Court.
Early life
Eugene L. Balonon was born in
San Francisco, California
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
.
He graduated from
California State University, Sacramento
California State University, Sacramento (CSUS, Sacramento State, or informally Sac State) is a public university in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1947 as Sacramento State College, it is the eleventh oldest school in the 23-campus California ...
with a
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four year ...
in criminal justice. He then graduated from
Lincoln Law School with a
J.D. in 1984.
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Career
After graduating from law school, he interned in a private practice. He was a deputy district attorney from 1985 to 1989, 1995 to 1996, and 1999 to 2004 for the Sacramento County District Attorney's office.
Balonon served as Chief Deputy Director of the
California State Lottery Commission from 1996 to 1999.
He was executive director of the
California Gambling Control Commission
California Gambling Control Commission (CGCC) is the official gambling commission of the state of California.
The Commission was proposed in the mid 1990s under the bills AB 2803 and AB 362 to "create a state agency to license card clubs and cas ...
and worked in the Office of Criminal Justice Planning.
He also worked as a legal writing professor at Lincoln Law School.
Balonon was appointed to the bench in
Sacramento County
Sacramento County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,585,055. Its county seat is Sacramento, which has been the state capital of California since 1854.
Sacramento County is the ...
in 2005 by Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger.
In December 2005 he became supervising judge of the Family and Probate Court.
Personal life
Balonon is married to Theresa and they have two children: Spencer and Taylor.
See also
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List of Asian American jurists
Research history
Studies led by California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu (2017) and the Center for American Progress (2019) Full report: provided in-depth statistics into the issue.
Judicial officers
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References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Politicians from San Francisco
Politicians from Sacramento, California
Lincoln Law School of Sacramento alumni
Lawyers from Sacramento, California
Superior court judges in the United States
Lincoln Law School of Sacramento faculty
American jurists of Asian descent
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