Alex Kozinski · Benchlight

Appointment

Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Title: Judge
Appointed by: Ronald ReaganRepublican president
Seat: CA92701
Nominated: June 5, 1985
Committee hearing: July 17, 1985
Committee action: Reported (favorably)Sept. 12, 1985
Senate vote: 54–43Roll Call
Confirmed: Nov. 7, 1985
Commissioned: Nov. 7, 1985
ABA rating: Qualified
Chief Judge from: Jan. 1, 2007until Jan. 1, 2014
Service ended: Dec. 18, 2017Retirement

Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.

Recent judicial activity

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Cases

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Judicial writings

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Education

A.B.: University of California, Los Angeles1972
J.D.: University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law1975

Professional career

Law clerk, Hon. Anthony Kennedy, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1975-1976
Law clerk, Hon. 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, President-Elect Ronald Reagan, 1980-1981
Assistant counsel, Office of Counsel to the President, 1981
Special counsel, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, 1981-1982
Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2007-2014

Source Federal Judicial Center biographical record.