
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Sacramento Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, April 2020. Sacramento County Superior Court commissioner, 2017-present; Sacramento County deputy district attorney, 2005-2017; Riverside County deputy district attorney, 2003-2005.
Law School: University of Southern California Gould School of Law, 2003
Sacramento County Superior Court
SACRAMENTO — There are reasons Commissioner Carlton G. Davis believes it’s important for young people to see him out in the community.
One of those is Vance W. Raye. Davis was just 13 when he saw Raye, then a Sacramento County Superior Court judge, speak at an event about the importance of staying in school.
“That was the first judge I ever saw in my life, and it was a black judge,” ... (continued)