Steven M. Gevercer (Sacramento County)
Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento
insufficient Left–Right record (FairPAC / Wake the Bench assessment — not an official court label): Insufficient public record. Insufficient cite depth for ideology.
Judge matrix ThinNot enough public cites yet
Cite-only multi-axis Soft. FairPAC assessment — not an official court label. Evidence depth: Thin. Legacy letter alias: C (transitional only). How the matrix works.
- 1 · Role fidelity
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No sourced pattern attached yet. - 2 · Judicial craft
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No sourced pattern attached yet. - 3 · Rights & liberty
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No sourced pattern attached yet. - 4 · Public safety
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No sourced pattern attached yet. - 5 · Separation of powers
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No sourced pattern attached yet. - 6 · Ethics & fitness
- No public discipline on file · N/A
Absence of attached public CJP discipline is not a purity claim.
Research status: grades use public cites only; thin records stay C until sourced. How we research.
- Court
- Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento
- Office
- District / seat
- Sacramento County Superior Court
- County
- Sacramento County
- Appellate district
- District 3
- Election
- unknown
- Composite
- ThinNot enough public cites yet Researchable but unsourced — default until cites land. Alias of legacy C when thin.
- Legacy letter
- C Mixed / thin record (alias only)
- Record lean
- insufficient
Public decisions (chronological · cite-only)
Voting / case record: limited public data
This section will grow chronologically as published opinions / CJP decisions are Soft-attached. We never invent case holdings or a complete trial docket.
California published opinions · CJP decisions
About this listing
Superior Court judge, Sacramento County — from official Governor Brown appointment announcement HTML (2012-11-29).
Deep dive Deep
Cite-only career / advocacy Soft profile. FairPAC / Wake the Bench assessment — not an official court label.
Background
Judge of the Sacramento County Superior Court (Governor appointment announcement). Also listed on the Sacramento County elections List of Elected Officials — Superior Court Judges as Steven M. Gevercer (next election 06/02/2026; extract dated 29 Sep 2026).
Education
Gevercer earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. (per Governor appointment announcement).
Prior professional work
Gevercer has served as a senior assistant attorney general at the Attorney General’s Office, Civil Division, Tort and Condemnation Section since 2011, where he served as supervising deputy attorney general from 2008 to 2011 and deputy attorney general from 2005 to 2008 and from 1989 to 2001. He has been an adjunct professor at Lincoln Law School since 2000 and at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law since 1998. He was a legislative advocate at the Attorney General’s Office, Legislative Affairs Unit from 2001 to 2005, a senior trial attorney at the Sacramento County Public Defender’s Office from 1989 to 1997, a deputy public defender at the Tulare County Public Defender’s Office from 1985 to 1989 and a sole practitioner at the Law Office of Steven M. Gevercer from 1984 to 1985. — per Governor appointment announcement.
Advocacy / public roles
Not yet sourced — researchable.
Appointment / elevation
Appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. to serve as a Judge in the Sacramento County Superior Court. He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Gary S. Mullen. Gevercer is a Democrat.
Wave 2 deepen from primary Governor Brown appointment announcement HTML (2012-11-29). deepDive=Deep. Grade C until opinion/CJP cites. Never invent holdings/ideology.
Cite-only. We never invent career history or advocacy.
Why this grade — metrics
See methodology.
Public discipline (CJP)
Check the Commission on Judicial Performance before relying on any grade. We do not invent findings.
cjp.ca.gov decisions by judges
Sources
- Source · — source
- Commission on Judicial Performance — public decisions
- Grade methodology — methodology.html