Josephine "Joyce" Luther Kennard is a Dutch-American judge and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California. Appointed by Governor George Deukmejian in 1989,she was the longest-serving justice sitting on the Court at the time of her 2014 retirement,having been retained by California's voters three times—first to fill the unexpired term in 1990,followed by second and third consecutive twelve-year terms in 1994 and 2006.
Ronald Marc George is an American jurist. He previously served as the 27th Chief Justice of California from 1996 to 2011. Governor Pete Wilson appointed George as an associate justice of the Supreme Court in 1991 and elevated George to Chief Justice in 1996.
Morey Stanley Mosk was an American jurist,politician,and attorney. He served as Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court for 37 years (1964–2001),the longest tenure in that court's history.
Ming William Chin is an American attorney and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California,serving from March 1,1996 to August 31,2020.
Marvin Ray Baxter is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California who served from January 1991 to January 5,2015.
Kathryn Jocelyn Mickle Werdegar is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California,serving from June 3,1994,to August 31,2017.
President Barack Obama made two successful appointments to the Supreme Court of the United States. The first was Judge Sonia Sotomayor to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice David H. Souter. Sotomayor was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 6,2009,by a vote of 68–31. The second appointment was that of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace the retired John Paul Stevens. Kagan was confirmed by the Senate on August 5,2010,by a vote of 63–37.
Nora Margaret Manella is 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.
Morgan Chu,is an American intellectual property attorney. In June 2009,Harvard alumni elected Chu to a six-year term as a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers.
Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She previously served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California from 2009 to 2012 and as a California superior court judge from 2002 to 2009.
Goodwin Hon Liu is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California. Before his appointment by California Governor Jerry Brown,Liu was Associate Dean and Professor of Law at the University of California,Berkeley School of Law. Liu has been recognized for his writing on constitutional law,education policy,civil rights,and the Supreme Court.
Mariano-Florentino "Tino" Cuéllar is an American scholar,academic leader,public official,jurist,and nonprofit executive currently serving as the 10th president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He was previously a Justice of the Supreme Court of California,the Stanley Morrison Professor of Law at Stanford University and director of Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies,and an executive branch official in the Clinton and Obama administrations. His publications address problems in American public law,international affairs and international law,artificial intelligence,public health and safety law,and institutions and organizations. He serves on the State Department's Foreign Affairs Policy Board. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Social and Ethical Implications of Computing Research,he serves as chair of the board of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. He was born in Northern Mexico.
David Nimmer is an American lawyer,law professor,renowned as an expert in United States copyright law. He received an A.B. with distinction and honors in 1977 from Stanford University and his J.D. in 1980 from Yale Law School,where he served as editor of the Yale Law Journal. David Nimmer is of counsel to Irell &Manella LLP in Los Angeles,California. He also serves as a Professor from Practice at University of California,Los Angeles Law School and Distinguished Scholar at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. In 2000,he was elected to the American Law Institute. He has served as a guest professor at the University of Haifa,Yeshiva University,the University of Miami,and Syracuse University.
Malcolm Millar Lucas was an American jurist and attorney who served as the 26th Chief Justice of California. He previously served as a trial judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
John Byron Owens is an American judge and lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Michelle Taryn Friedland is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Leondra Reid Kruger is an American judge who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California. A native of South Pasadena,California,she graduated from Harvard College and Yale Law School. Kruger then clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens,and subsequently worked in private practice and as a professor. She served as acting Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States from 2010 to 2011,and worked in the Office of Legal Counsel. In 2014,California Governor Jerry Brown nominated Kruger to a seat on the Supreme Court of California. She was confirmed,and was sworn in on January 5,2015.
Armand M. Arabian was an American lawyer who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from February 3,1990,to February 28,1996.
Andrei Iancu is a Romanian-American engineer and intellectual property attorney,who served as the under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) from 2017 to 2021. He was nominated for both positions in 2017 by President Donald Trump. He left office on January 20,2021. He is currently a partner in Sullivan &Cromwell's intellectual property &technology practice.
Bryant Y Yang is an American state court judge who serves as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
