Peter Sakai is now District Judge Peter Sakai

L-R: Judge Peter Sakai, Judge John Specia swears in Judge Sakai, as wife Rachel Sakai holds the Bible, daughter Elizabeth Sakai, SA Councilwoman Sheila McNeil sings the national anthem, sister Kathy Sakai, Rev. C.J. Littlefield offers the benediction, Judge Joe Fraiser Brown, band, Bexar County Tejano Chair Charlie Jones & Bexar County Democratic Deputy Chair Vincent Garcia, girl scouts reciting the pledge, Mother Rose Sakai, Randy Escamilla, Andrew Guerra, WOAI-4 Reporter Natalie Tejeda interviews Judge Sakai, Retired Disrict Judge John Specia and Judge Peter Sakai

Peter Sakai gave up his Juvenile Judge bench and traded it in for a District bench. Sworn in as 225th District Judge by the retiring 225th Distict Judge John Specia on Monday, Janury 1st at the Central Jury Room in the Courthouse, Sakai is now presidng.