Robert M. Sanger - Santa Barbara, CA

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1973
    Juris Doctorate

• Non Legal Education

  • University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 1970
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Senior Partner

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Professor of Law, Civil Practice, Santa Barbara College of Law, 1975 - 1976
  
• Homicide Seminar, Public Defenders Association, Napa, California
  
• Death Penalty Seminar, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Berkeley, California
  
• Grand Jury Practice Seminar, Santa Barbara Criminal Defense Bar Association, 1994 - 1994
  
• Capital Case Defense Seminar (CCDS), Co-Chair

Published Works

Articles

• Chinese Encounters American Bar Association Journal, April, 1981
  
• Confessions of a Criminal Lawyer American Bar Association Journal, October, 1982
  
• The Execution Protocol, Federal Bar News and Journal, June, 1993
  
• Dead Man Walking Federal Bar and News Journal, June, 1994
  
• Defending the Devil Federal Bar and News Journal, September, 1994
  
• Three Strikes, Santa Barbara County Bar Association, 1994
• And Then There Were Seven, (The OJ Simpson Trial) Legal Times, March 27, 1995
• The Truth School's Curriculum, (The OJ Simpson Trial) Legal Times, April 3, 1995
• Will Loose Lips Sink Simpson Jury?, (The OJ Simpson Trial) Legal Times, April 10, 1995
• The Best Justice Money Can Buy, (The OJ Simpson Trial) Legal Times, April 17, 1995
• Among the Lowest of the Dead: The Culture of Death Row, Federal Lawyer, July, 1995
• Jury Reform: Is It About Time? The American Lawyer, September 1995
• Making Sense of the OJ Verdict, The American Lawyer, November 1995
• Race for Justice: Mumia Abu-Jamal's Fight Against the Death Penalty/ Live From Death Row,by Mumia Abu-Jamal, Federal Lawyer, May 1996
• Basic Concepts of Legal Thought, Federal Lawyers, September, 1996
• Comparison of the Illinois Commission Report on Capital Punishment Recommendations with the Capital Punishment System in California in Volume 44 of the University of Santa Clara Law Review, September 2003
• Monthly column for the Santa Barbara Lawyer Magazine entitled Criminal Justice, Author, 2006 - Present
• IQ, INTELLIGENCE TESTS, “ETHNIC ADJUSTMENTS” AND ATKINS, 10/2015
• Respondeat Superior in Criminal Cases, 04/2013
• Science and the Law – A New Rule for Admissibility, 04/2012
• Mental Retardation and Being Put to Death by the State, Part 1, 08/2011
• Money Laundering and Financial Crimes in Santa Barbara, 01/2011
• "A Scientific Approach to Scientific Evidence: A Four-Stage Rule for Admissibility and Scope", UTILIZING FORENSIC SCIENCE IN CRIMINAL CASES, 2014 EDITION LEADING LAWYERS ON ANALYZING THE LATEST TRENDS IN FORENSICS AND INCORPORATING THEM INTO DEFENSE STRATEGIES. (2013 WL 5757941.)
• “Duties of Capital Trial Counsel Under the California 'Death Penalty Reform and Savings Act of 2016” in Volume 53, Number 3 of Criminal Law Bulletin

Bar Admissions

• California, 1973
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1979
• U.S. Tax Court, 1975
• U.S. District Court District of Arizona
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Oklahoma
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
• District of Columbia
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit

Specialties and Certifications

• Criminal Law, California Board of Legal Specialization, 1982

Other Affiliations

• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 1976 - Present (President)
• California Public Defenders Association, 1977 - Present (Member)
• Santa Barbara County Bar, 1977 - Present (Chair/Member, Criminal Law Section)
• American Civil Liberties Union, Santa Barbara (President, 1987 - 1989, 1991 - 1993)
• Santa Barbara County Bar Association, 1977 - 1979 (Member, Board of Directors)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member)
• Santa Barbara Criminal Defense Bar Association (Co-Chair, 1993-1994)
• Criminal Courts Association (Member)
• Federal Bar Association (Member)
• Board of Governors, 2006 - Present (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (CACJ) (Member)
• Santa Barbara Women Lawyers (Member)
• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (CACJ) (Board of Governors, 2006 - 2014)
• Death Penalty Focus (Director, 1998 - Present)
• Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference between 2004 and 2007 (Delegate)
• Firearms and Toolmarks Academy Standards Board (Chair)