• District Court, C.D. California

  Judge

  2013 – present · 13 yrsAppointed by Barack Hussein Obama 2

• Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles

  Judge

  2005 – 2013 · 8 yrsAppointed by Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger

Career

• assistant supervising judge

  2011 – 2013 · 2 yrs

• Judge

  Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles

  2005 – 2013 · 8 yrs

• senior litigation counsel

  Organized Crime Strike Force

  2003 – 2005 · 2 yrs

• deputy chief

  General Crimes Section

  1999 – 2003 · 4 yrs

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  Central District of California

  1995 – 2005 · 10 yrs

• Private practice

  1990 – 1995 · 5 yrs

Education