Christopher F. Gauger

Chris Gauger was the supervising attorney of the San Francisco Public Defender's Research Unit when he retired after 37 years in that office. He now works part-time at the San Francisco District Attorney's Office.

Educational and Employment History • University of California, San Diego, BA (History) 1978 • University of San Francisco, JD 1982 • 2021 to present: Assistant District Attorney (part-time): Present case updates monthly, trainings, and special projects • 1983 to 2021: Deputy Public Defender, San Francisco County • 1983 to 1999: Trial Attorney • San Francisco Police Department Managing Attorney, Research and Writing Unit (20 years) • Advised and wrote motions for trial attorneys • Filed and argued writs and appeals with the Superior Court Appellate division, the Court of Appeal, and California Supreme Court • Litigated in the State Bar, one case to trial (with Chief Attorney Matt Gonzalez) with one appeal defended (published case) • Presented hundreds of MCLE office trainings (regular caselaw updates, training to new attorneys, and office training on various topics) at various law offices

Achievements & Other Notable Experience • Board of California Attorneys for Criminal Justice • Gideon Award (Dec. 2007) (SF Public Defender award) • California Public Defender Assn Special Recognition award 2019 (with Matt Gonzalez for work on People v Superior Court Raju) • 2005 CPDA Magazine (with Martin Sabelli) “When not to turn the other cheek: confronting prosecutorial misconduct at trial.” • 2008 CACJ Forum magazine “Penal Code 977 making it work for your misdemeanor clients.” (with Dorothy Bischof)