• District Court, District of Columbia

  Judge

  2005 – present · 21 yrsAppointed by George W. Bush

• California Supreme Court

  Judge

  1996 – 2005 · 9 yrs

• California Supreme Court

  Associate Justice

  1996 – 2005 · 9 yrs

• California Supreme Court

  Associate Justice

  1994 – 1996 · 2 yrs

• California Court of Appeal

  Judge

  1994 – 1996 · 2 yrs

Career

• prac

  2006 – 2006

• Adjunct professor

  University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

  1998 – 1999 · 1 yr

• Associate justice

  Supreme Court of California

  1996 – 2005 · 9 yrs

• prac

  1995 – 1995

• Associate justice

  California Court of Appeal, Third District

  1994 – 1996 · 2 yrs

• Legal affairs secretary

  1991 – 1994 · 3 yrs