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Nora Margaret Manella

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California · 1998

Nora Margaret Manella , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Nora Margaret Manella (born January 22, 1951) was the Presiding Justice of the California Second District Court of Appeal, Division Four and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Education

  • Wellesley CollegeB.A., 1972
  • University of Southern California Gould School of LawJ.D., 1975

Career

Law clerk, Hon. John Minor Wisdom, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1975-1976; Legal counsel, Subcommittee on the Constitution, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1976-1978; Private practice, California, 1978-1982; Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 1982-1990; Judge, Los Angeles [California] Municipal Court, 1990-1992; Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 1992-1994; Justice pro tem, California Court of Appeal, 1992; U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, 1994-1998; Associate justice, California Court of Appeal, Second District, 2006-2018; Presiding justice, California Court of Appeal, Second District, 2018-

Biography

Nora Margaret Manella (born January 22, 1951) was the Presiding Justice of the California Second District Court of Appeal, Division Four and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

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