Gene M. Gomes (January 22, 1946 – March 6, 2018) was an American judge. Gomes was born in

Fresno, California Fresno () is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region. It covers about and had a population of 542,107 in 2020, maki ...

. He graduated from

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in 1963. Gomes received his bachelor's degree from

Fresno State University California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) is a public university in Fresno, California. It is one of 23 campuses in the California State University system. The university had a fall 2020 enrollment of 25,341 students. It offers bache ...

in 1969 and then he received his Juris Doctor degree from

McGeorge School of Law University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law is a private, American Bar Association (ABA)-approved law school in the Oak Park neighborhood of the city of Sacramento, California. It is part of the University of the Pacific and is located on t ...

in 1972. He served as a deputy district attorney for

Fresno County, California Fresno County (), officially the County of Fresno, is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 1,008,654. The county seat is Fresno, the fifth-most populous city in Ca ...

. Gomes practiced law in Fresno, California. In 1980, Gomes was appointed to the Fresno Municipal Court. Then, in 1982, he was appointed to the Fresno Superior Court. Gomes served on the

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from 2002 until his death. Gomes died in Fresno, California.Longtime Fresno Judge dies. Gomes was 'Witty, Fun & Brilliant.'
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