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# Maurice Sanchez

Superior Court of California, County of Orange · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Superior Court of California, County of Orange
- State: California
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-06-30

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Orange, 2018-present
- Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, 2022-2026
- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Orange, 2018-2022
- On November 10, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom nominated him as Associate Justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Three, to fill the vacancy left by
- Began his legal career as an associate at Rutan & Tucker in 1981 and later held the role of in-house counsel
- During law school, he externed for Justice Mathew O. Tobriner of the California Supreme Court and co-directed the McBaine Honors Moot Court Board California State Portal
- He returned to private practice with Alvarado, Smith & Sanchez and subsequently became an equity partner at Baker & Hostetler, where he led the Distribution and Franchise Team, and at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, helping to launch their Los Angeles office.

### Education

- University of California, Berkeley School of Law in — J.D. (1981)
- Bachelor of Arts in Social Ecology from the University of California, Irvine in 1978

### Additional information

- He was unanimously confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments on January 6, 2022, and retained in a 2022 election with 61.2% of the vote.
- In 2018, Governor Jerry Brown appointed Sanchez to the Orange County Superior Court, where he served on.
- He attended Our Lady of the Pillar School in Santa Ana and graduated from Mater Dei High School in 1974.
- His appointment marked a historic milestone as the first Latino and first person of color on the appellate court bench in Orange County.
- He represented numerous motor vehicle manufacturers in bench and jury trials, administrative proceedings, and appeals.
- Maurice Sanchez was born in Orange, California, the fourth child of Mexican immigrants, and Spanish was his first language.
- Birth place: Orange, California, the fourth child of Mexican immigrants

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### audiovisual evidence

Scope: statewide

A party offering an electronic sound or sound-and-video recording must provide the court and opposing parties a transcript and provide opposing parties a duplicate of the recording.

Evidence excerpt: the party must provide to the court and to opposing parties a transcript of the electronic recording and provide opposing parties with a duplicate of the electronic recording

[California Rule 2.1040, Electronic recordings presented or offered into evidence](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/two/rule2_1040)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### remote proceedings

Scope: statewide

California courts should permit remote participation in covered civil proceedings, subject to the statute, local rules, and controlling orders.

Evidence excerpt: courts should permit parties to appear remotely at conferences, hearings, and proceedings in civil cases consistent with Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75

[California Rule 3.672, Remote proceedings](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_672)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### remote participants and witnesses

Scope: statewide

Covered civil parties and witnesses may appear remotely, and the court may conduct proceedings in whole or in part using remote technology.

Evidence excerpt: that party or witness may appear remotely and the court may conduct conferences, hearings, and proceedings, in whole or in part, through the use of remote technology

[California Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=367.75.&lawCode=CCP)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### recording and broadcasting

Scope: statewide

Court proceedings may not be photographed, recorded, or broadcast except as Rule 1.150 permits.

Evidence excerpt: Except as provided in this rule, court proceedings may not be photographed, recorded, or broadcast.

[California Rule 1.150, Photographing, recording, and broadcasting in court](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/one/rule1_150)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### expedited jury trial presentations

Scope: statewide

In expedited jury trials, parties may use slides, electronic presentations, projections, exhibit notebooks, and other methods approved at the pretrial conference.

Evidence excerpt: the parties may present summaries and may use photographs, diagrams, slides, electronic presentations, overhead projections, individual notebooks of exhibits for submission to the jurors, or other innovative methods of presentation approved at the pretrial conference

[California Rule 3.1551, Case presentation](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1551)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### expedited jury trial pretrial agreements

Scope: statewide

Voluntary expedited jury trial submissions must identify party agreements concerning electronic presentations and other proposed presentation methods.

Evidence excerpt: Any agreements of the parties to use photographs, diagrams, slides, electronic presentations, overhead projections, notebooks of exhibits, or other methods of presenting information to the jury

[California Rule 3.1548, Pretrial submissions for voluntary expedited jury trials](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1548)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### exhibit admission

Scope: statewide

An exhibit must be admitted by the judge before it may be used in the case.

Evidence excerpt: The judge must to allow you to admit the exhibit as evidence in order for you to use it in your case.

[How to introduce exhibits at a trial](https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/how-introduce-exhibits-trial)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14322/maurice-sanchez/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14322/maurice-sanchez/)
- [Superior Court of California, County of Orange current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14322/maurice-sanchez/)
- [California Rule 2.1040, Electronic recordings presented or offered into evidence](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/two/rule2_1040)
- [California Rule 3.672, Remote proceedings](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_672)
- [California Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=367.75.&lawCode=CCP)
- [California Rule 1.150, Photographing, recording, and broadcasting in court](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/one/rule1_150)
- [California Rule 3.1551, Case presentation](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1551)
- [California Rule 3.1548, Pretrial submissions for voluntary expedited jury trials](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1548)
- [How to introduce exhibits at a trial](https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/how-introduce-exhibits-trial)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14322/maurice-sanchez/)
- [Maurice Sanchez | Fourth Appellate District | District Courts of Appeal](https://appellate.courts.ca.gov/district-courts/4dca/bio/maurice-sanchez)
- [Maurice Sanchez - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Maurice_Sanchez)
- [Fourth District Court of Appeal: Justice Maurice Sanchez retirement announcement](https://appellate.courts.ca.gov/district-courts/4dca)
- [Maurice Sanchez](https://appellate.courts.ca.gov/district-courts/4dca/bio/maurice-sanchez)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14322/maurice-sanchez/)
- [Maurice Sanchez | Fourth Appellate District | District Courts of Appeal](https://appellate.courts.ca.gov/district-courts/4dca/bio/maurice-sanchez)
- [Maurice Sanchez - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Maurice_Sanchez)

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