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Kim McLane Wardlaw
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995–1998
Kim McLane Wardlaw , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Kim Anita McLane Wardlaw (born 1954) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 1998. She is the first Hispanic American woman to be appointed to a federal appeals court. Wardlaw was considered as a possible candidate to be nominated by Barack Obama to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Education
- University of California, Los AngelesA.B., 1976
- University of California, Los Angeles, School of LawJ.D., 1979
Career
Law clerk, Hon. William P. Gray, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1979-1980; Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1980-1995; Member, Justice Team I, Clinton-Gore Presidential Transition Team, 1992-1993; Member, Mayoral Transition Committee, Mayor-Elect Richard Riordan, Los Angeles, California, 1993
Biography
Kim Anita McLane Wardlaw (born 1954) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 1998. She is the first Hispanic American woman to be appointed to a federal appeals court. Wardlaw was considered as a possible candidate to be nominated by Barack Obama to the Supreme Court of the United States.
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