The Judicial Council at its September 19 meeting voted to name the new downtown Sacramento courthouse under construction after former Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye and rename the Court of Appeal in Santa Ana after former Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso.
Born and raised in Orange County, Justice Reynoso was a trailblazing lawyer, jurist, and law professor. He became the first Latino associate justice of the California Supreme Court, serving from 1982 to 1987. “Justice Reynoso is an excellent example of someone who came from humble beginnings to go on to achieve extraordinary success,” said Kathleen E. O'Leary, who serves as presiding justice of the appellate court in Santa Ana. “A role model to whom you can personally relate can be the most effective. The goal is that young Latinos who see the courthouse will aspire to dream bigger and realize their full potential.”
[The Recorder has Judicial Council Votes to Name Courthouses for Cantil-Sakauye, Reynoso]
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