Profile of Hon. Benjamin J. Cassady

Commissioner, Superior Court of Sacramento County
Current Term: September 15, 2026–September 14, 2029
Membership: Advisory member appointed by Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero
Internal Committees: Rules Committee, Technology Committee

Commissioner Benjamin J. Cassady joined the Superior Court of Sacramento County in 2024. He currently adjudicates traffic, small claims, and unlawful detainer cases, after more than a year of presiding over Sacramento County’s Night Court calendar for in-custody arraignments and pretrial release. Before joining the bench, he was a prosecutor at the Placer County District Attorney’s Office; an appellate litigator in private practice; and a law clerk at the D.C. Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. In law school, he interned at the Capital Habeas Unit in the Federal Defenders Office, where he worked on habeas cases and other capital proceedings.

Commissioner Cassady served on the Judicial Council’s Information and Technology Advisory Committee from 2024 to 2025 and currently serves on the Civil Law Curriculum Committee. He is a founding member of the Sacramento court’s Artificial Intelligence Committee. He also teaches constitutional law at Lincoln Law School in Sacramento, sharing his civil and criminal law expertise with aspiring attorneys.

Commissioner Cassady received a bachelor’s degree from California State University, Chico, and a juris doctor’s degree from Yale Law School.