Robert M. Sanger - born Arlington, Virginia, 1949;
Admitted
to Practice Law: 1973, California; 1974, U.S. District Court, Northern,
Central, Eastern and Southern Districts of California; District of Arizona;
Western District of Oklahoma; 1975, U.S. Tax Court; 1979, U.S. Supreme
Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals,
Tenth Circuit.
Education: University of California at Santa Barbara
(B.A. 1970); University of California School of Law at Los Angeles (J.D.
1973).
Author (Articles): Frequent contributor of articles and book reviews
published in the American Bar Association Journal, The Federal Lawyer, the
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice Forum. Writes a monthly
column for the Santa Barbara Lawyer entitled Criminal Justice
(2006 to present).
Author (Law Review): Comparison of the Illinois Commission
Report on Capital Punishment Recommendations with the Capital Punishment
System in California published in Volume 44, University of Santa
Clara Law Review, September 2003.
Faculty: Adjunct Professor of Law,
Santa Barbara College of Law, 1975-1976; Capital Case Defense Seminar, 2006
to present.
Lectured: University of California at Santa Barbara
and Santa Barbara City College as Guest Lecturer.
Lectured at MCLE courses for the California Attorneys for Criminal
Justice (CACJ), the California Public Defender's Association (CPDA),
Santa Barbara County Bar Association, Kern County Bar Association
and the Santa Barbara Criminal Defense Bar Association.
Presented at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Symposium on the Wrongfully Convicted.
Member (Professional Legal Organizations):
American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; National Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers; California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 1976 to
present (Board of Governors 2006 to present; Co-Chair of the CACJ
Legislative Committee, 2007 to present); California Public Defenders Association, 1977 to present;
Santa Barbara Women Lawyers; Santa
Barbara County Bar Association (Member Board of Directors 1977 --
Chair, Criminal Law Section, 1978-1979,
1981, 1986-1988); Santa Barbara Criminal Defense Lawyer's Bar Association
(Co-chair 1994-1995).
Member (Law Related Organizations): Death Penalty Focus (Director
1998 to present); American Civil Liberties Union, Santa Barbara
Chapter (President 1987-1989;
1991-1993).
Delegate: Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference (2004-2007).
Awards: California State Bar Board of Governor's Award
for Pro Bono Services, 1982; Bill of Rights Award, A.C.L.U., Santa Barbara
Chapter, 1994; Santa Barbara Criminal Defense Bar Association Order of the
Reasonable Doubt, 1993; The Death Penalty Focus Special Achievement Award,
2004.
Board Certification: Certified
Specialist, Criminal Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal
Specialization.
PRACTICE AREAS: Criminal Defense (State and
Federal): Homicide; Death Penalty; Business and Securities Offenses; Sex
Offenses and Crimes Against the Person; Complex Civil
Litigation.
