Dana Sabraw

Dana Makoto Sabraw (born July 3, 1958) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. He was nominated by President George W. Bush in 2003.

Sabraw is half-Japanese; his Japanese mother met his father in 1954 when he was a United States Army soldier stationed in Japan during the Korean War. They married in 1955. His father was a teacher of special-needs students and his mother taught English as a second language.

Sabraw was born in San Rafael, California in 1958, and grew up in the Sacramento suburb of Carmichael, California. He received an Associate of Arts degree from American River Junior College in 1978, a Bachelor of Science degree from San Diego State University in 1980, and a Juris Doctor from the McGeorge School of Law at University of the Pacific in 1985.

His first job was working as a wrestling instructor, conditioning instructor, and later a lifeguard for the San Juan Unified School District in Carmichael, California From 1976 to 1977.

From 1977 to 1982, he worked at many businesses and colleges which included Westmont and the University of the Pacific.

Sabraw was in private practice for six years at the Santa Barbara law firm of Price, Postel & Parma before joining the San Diego office of the international law firm Baker McKenzie in 1992.

Sabraw was a judge on the North County Municipal Court, County of San Diego, from 1995 to 1998. He was a judge on the San Diego County Superior Court from 1998 to 2003. Governor Pete Wilson appointed Sabraw to both posts.

Sabraw was nominated by President George W. Bush on May 1, 2003, to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, to a new seat created by 116 Stat. 1758.