• Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  Judge

  1989 – 2011 · 22 yrsAppointed by George H.W. Bush

• District Court, C.D. California

  Judge

  1983 – 1989 · 6 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

Career

• Member and chairman

  California Post-Secondary Education Commission

  1974 – 1984 · 10 yrs

• Private practice

  1966 – 1983 · 17 yrs

• Vice president, Rus Walton and Associates

  1965 – 1966 · 1 yr

• Director

  Political Research and Analysis, Goldwater for President Committee

  1964 – present · 62 yrs

Education