Senior Circuit JudgeRaymond C. Fisher

Chief Circuit JudgeAlex Kozinski

Circuit JudgePaul J. Watford

Pasadena Pasadena Pasadena

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

University of Hawaii at ManoaWilliam S. Richardson School of Law

Honolulu, Hawaii

October 9, 2013

(over)

Honorable Alex KozinskiAge 63 Born in Bucharest, Romania

Federal Judicial Service: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Nominated by Ronald Reagan on June 5, 1985, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333; Confirmed by the Senate on November 7, 1985, and received commission on November 7, 1985. Serves as chief judge, 2007-present.

Education: University of California, Los Angeles, A.B., 1972; University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, J.D., 1975.

Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Anthony Kennedy, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1975-1976; Law clerk, Chief Justice Warren Burger, Supreme Court of the United States, 1976-1977; Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1977-1979; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1979-1981; Deputy legal counsel, Office of the President-Elect, Washington, D.C., 1980-1981; Assistant counsel, Office of Counsel to the President, Washington, D.C., 1981; Special counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board, Washington, D.C., 1981-1982; Chief judge, U.S. Court of Claims, Washington, D.C., 1982-1985.

Honorable Raymond C. FisherAge 74 Born in Oakland, California

Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Nominated by William J. Clinton on March 15, 1999, to a seat vacated by David R. Thompson. Confirmed by the Senate on October 5, 1999, and received commission on October 12, 1999. Assumed senior status on March 31, 2013.

Education: University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A., 1961; Stanford Law School, LL.B., 1966.

Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. J. Skelly Wright, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1966-1967; Law clerk, Hon. William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 1967-1968; Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1968-1997; Special assistant, Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., California, 1975; Member, Los Angeles [California] City Civil Service Commission, 1984-1989; Deputy general counsel, Independent Commission on the L.A.P.D. (Christopher Commission), 1990; President, Los Angeles [California] Police Commission, 1995-1997; Associate attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1997-1999.

Honorable Paul J. WatfordAge 46 Born in Garden Grove, California

Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Nominated by Barack Obama on October 17, 2011, to a seat vacated by Pamela Ann Rymer. Confirmed by the Senate on May 21, 2012, and received commission on May 22, 2012.

Education: University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 1989; University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, J.D., 1994.

Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1994-1995; Law clerk, Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court of the United States, 1995-1996; Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1996-1997, 2000-2012; Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 1997-2000; Lecturer-in-law, University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, 2007-2009.