Paul Jeffrey Watford

Judge Paul Jeffrey Watford

Personal

Birthday:

1967

Birthplace:

Garden Grove, CA

Race or Ethnicity:

African American

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

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

Education

Name of School:

University of California, Berkeley

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1989

Name of School - Second:

University of California Los Angeles School of Law

UCLA School of Law is the youngest top law school in the nation. At fifty-five years old, our school has never felt bound by outmoded ideas of how law should be taught or studied. Instead, beginning in the 1950s, UCLA created its own tradition - a tradition of innovation. We maintain this tradition persistently, building off our past successes as we propel our school, and students, into a future of unparalleled distinction.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1994

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Court Name:

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating:

Barack Obama

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

5/22/2012