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Michael Walter Fitzgerald
Active judge · U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Michael Walter Fitzgerald serves on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Appointed by Barack Obama and confirmed Mar 15, 2012 by a 91–6 Senate vote. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Confirmed
- Mar 15, 2012
- Senate vote
- 91–6
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1959
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaBarack Obama · Mar 15, 2012
Education
- Harvard UniversityA.B., 1981
- University of California, Berkeley, School of LawJ.D., 1985
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Irving R. Kaufman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1985-1986; Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1986-1987, 1991-2012; Assistant U.S. attorney, Criminal Division, Southern District of California, 1988-1991
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