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# Gonzalo C. Martinez

California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District · Presiding Justice

## Profile

- Court: California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District
- State: California
- Role: Presiding Justice
- Service status: active

## Summary

Gonzalo C. Martinez — California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District

## Sources

- [Justices | Second Appellate District](https://appellate.courts.ca.gov/district-courts/2dca/justices)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Current Judicial Role Presiding Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Seven (2024–present) — Confirmed in 2024 by the California Commission on Judicial Appointments
- Associate Justice, Division Seven (2023–2024) — Appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom in March 2023 Prior Government and Legal Service Deputy Judicial Appointments Secretary, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom (2019–2023)
- Deputy Solicitor General, California Attorney General’s Office (2017–2019)
- Partner, Appellate & Supreme Court Practice Group, Squire Patton Boggs (2007–2017; returned briefly in 2019)
- Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (2010)
- Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California (2007)
- Associate, Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass (2005–2007)
- American Law Institute Gonzalo C. Martinez | The American Law Institute Justice Martinez is the Presiding Justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Seven
- The Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Seven, with a career spanning appellate practice, state government service, and judicial leadership
- California State Portal Governor Newsom Announces Judicial Appointments 3.30.23 Gonzalo Martinez, of Alameda County, has been nominated to serve as an Associate Justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Seven

### Education

- Harvard Law School — J.D.
- in English, Stanford University — M.A.

### Additional information

- Associate, Morrison & Foerster LLP (2003–2005) Professional Leadership and Service The California Courts biography notes that Martinez: Served as an appellate lawyer representative and district court lawyer representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Council
- Served on the national board of governors of the Hispanic National Bar Association
- Held leadership roles in several local bar associations



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [California Rule 1.150, Photographing, recording, and broadcasting in court](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-e59897426ff892cfcd8e0103) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/one/rule1_150). Collected 2026-07-26.