Robert G. Klausner

Robert Gary Klausner (born August 4, 1941) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Early life and education Klausner was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1941. He graduated from Loyola High School. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree (1963) and Bachelor of Science degree (1964) from the University of Notre Dame. He received his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School in 1967. Military and state judicial career He served in the United States Army from 1967 to 1969, serving during the Vietnam War as a captain. He then was a deputy district attorney in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office from 1969 to 1974. He served as a court commissioner of the Pasadena Municipal Court from 1974 to 1980. Governor Jerry Brown appointed him as a judge on the Pasadena Municipal Court in 1980. In 1985, Governor George Deukmejian elevated Klausner to the Los Angeles Superior Court bench, where he served until 2002. Klausner became supervising judge of the Criminal Departments in 1991 and assistant presiding judge in 1993; he was presiding judge from 1995 to 1996. In this role, Klausner opposed a merger of the municipal and superior courts.