Paul Jeffrey Watford

b. 1967 · Garden Grove, CA

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJudgeBarack Obama (Democratic)May 22, 2012Resignation, May 31, 2023

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, 2023-; Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 1997-2000; Lecturer-in-law, University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, 2007-2009

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