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William Matthew Byrne Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California · 1971

William Matthew Byrne Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Education

  • University of Southern CaliforniaB.S., 1953
  • University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law)LL.B., 1956

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Pierson M. Hall, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1956; U.S. Air Force, 1956-1958; Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of California, 1958-1960; Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1960-1967; U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, 1967-1970; Executive director, President Nixon's Commission on Campus Unrest, 1970; Adjunct professor, Loyola Law School; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1993-1996

Biography

William Matthew Byrne Jr. (September 3, 1930 – January 14, 2006) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

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