Ventura Superior Court Judge Anthony J. Sabo has been selected as one of the recipients of the Oxnard Knights of Columbus Public Safety Award for 2023. The award was presented at the group’s Public Safety Night held on June 13, 2023, at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Council 750, in Oxnard.
Each year, the Oxnard Knights of Columbus recognize and honor approximately thirteen men and women from law enforcement, the military, fire protection, and the judiciary for their service to our community and country.
Judge Sabo was elected as a judge in June 2018 to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Brian Back. On October 11, 2018, Governor Edmund Brown, Jr. appointed Judge-elect Sabo to an interim judgeship at the Ventura Superior Court, which allowed Judge Sabo to immediately perform his judicial duties.
Prior to Judge Sabo’s appointment, he served as a Commissioner with the Ventura Superior Court beginning in May 2014, presiding over felony and misdemeanor trials and sentencings, as well as civil, probate and family law cases. Judge Sabo is currently assigned to Courtroom 46 where he presides over criminal jury trials.
Prior to his selection as Commissioner, Judge Sabo served as a Senior Deputy District Attorney at the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office from 2008 to 2014, and as a Deputy Prosecutor in the Office of the Dearborn and Ohio County Prosecutor from 1997 to 2008. Simultaneously, he was the sole practitioner of his own law office from 1995 to 2008 representing clients in family, probate, and property disputes, as well as representing governmental agencies and corporations.
Judge Sabo earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of North Dakota School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University, Bloomington.