Jesus Gilberto Bernal (born November 1963) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California | |
| Assumed office December 12, 2012 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Stephen G. Larson |
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| Born | Jesus Gilberto Bernal November 1963 (age 60–61) Culiacán, Mexico |
| Education | Yale University (BA) Stanford University (JD) |
Biography
editBernal received his Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Yale University in 1986. He received his Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 1989. He served as a law clerk to Judge David Vreeland Kenyon of the United States District Court for the Central District of California from 1989 to 1991. He worked as a litigation associate at the law firm of Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe LLP in Los Angeles from 1991 to 1996, where he focused on complex civil litigation. From 1996 to 2012, he was a deputy federal public defender in the Central District of California, serving at the Los Angeles office from 1996 to 2006 and serving as a directing attorney at the Riverside office from 2006 to 2012.[1][2]
Federal judicial service
editOn April 25, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Bernal to be a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California, to the seat vacated by Judge Stephen G. Larson.[1] The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on his nomination on June 6, 2012, and reported his nomination to the floor on July 12, 2012.[3] The Senate confirmed Bernal in a voice vote on December 11, 2012. He received his judicial commission on December 12, 2012.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "President Obama Nominates Four to Serve on the US District Court". whitehouse.gov. April 25, 2012 – via National Archives.
- ^ a b Jesus Bernal at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ "Home – United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". judiciary.senate.gov.
External links
edit- Jesus Bernal at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Jesus Bernal at Ballotpedia