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Irma Elsa Gonzalez
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California · 1992
Irma Elsa Gonzalez , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Irma Elsa Gonzalez (born March 29, 1948) is a retired United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, who was the first Mexican-American female federal judge. She is married to former federal prosecutor and trial attorney Robert S. Brewer Jr. who served as the U.S. attorney for Southern California from 2019 to 2021.
Education
- Stanford UniversityB.A., 1970
- University of Arizona College of Law (now James E. Rogers College of Law)J.D., 1973
Career
Law clerk, Hon. William C. Frey, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1973-1975; Assistant U.S. attorney, Criminal Division, District of Arizona, 1975-1979; Trial attorney, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Los Angeles, California, 1979; Assistant U.S. attorney, Criminal Division, Central District of California, 1979-1981; Private practice, San Diego, California, 1981-1984; Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, 1991-1992
Biography
Irma Elsa Gonzalez (born March 29, 1948) is a retired United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, who was the first Mexican-American female federal judge. She is married to former federal prosecutor and trial attorney Robert S. Brewer Jr. who served as the U.S. attorney for Southern California from 2019 to 2021.
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