• Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  Judge

  1998 – present · 28 yrsAppointed by William Jefferson Clinton

• District Court, C.D. California

  Judge

  1995 – 1998 · 3 yrsAppointed by William Jefferson Clinton

Career

• Member, Mayoral Transition Committee, Mayor-Elect Richard Riordan

  1993 – present · 33 yrs

• Member

  Justice Team I, Clinton-Gore Presidential Transition Team

  1992 – 1993 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  1980 – 1995 · 15 yrs

• Law clerk, Hon. William P. Gray

  U.S. District Court, Central District of California

  1979 – 1980 · 1 yr