John Kronstadt | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California | |
Assumed office April 1, 2022 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California | |
In office April 14,2011 –April 1,2022 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Florence-Marie Cooper |
Succeeded by | Mónica Ramírez Almadani |
Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court | |
In office 2002–2011 | |
Appointed by | Gray Davis |
Preceded by | Juelann Cathey |
Succeeded by | Roberto Longoria |
Personal details | |
Born | Washington,D.C.,U.S. | March 5,1951
Education | Cornell University (BA) Yale University (JD) |
John Arnold Kronstadt (born March 5,1951) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Kronstadt was born in 1951. [1] He graduated from Cornell University in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts [2] At Cornell,he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society. He earned his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1976. [2] After completing law school,Kronstadt served as a law clerk for Judge William Percival Gray of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. [3] [4]
In October 2002,governor Gray Davis appointed Kronstadt to the Los Angeles County Superior Court. [5] He replaced Judge Juelann Cathey, [5] who had retired earlier that year following major heart surgery. [6] [4]
While a superior court judge,Kronstadt presided over the case to determine rightful ownership of the Bahia Emerald,an 840-pound gemstone that has previously been valued at $372 million. [7] During his state judicial service,only one of Kronstadt's decisions was reversed. [8]
On November 17,2010,President Barack Obama nominated Kronstadt to a judgeship on the United States District Court for the Central District of California [2] to a seat vacated by Judge Florence-Marie Cooper,who died on January 15,2010. [3] On April 12,2011,the Senate confirmed his nomination by a 96–0 vote. [9] Kronstadt received his judicial commission two days later. He assumed senior status on April 1,2022. [4]
Kronstadt is married to California 2nd District Court of Appeal Justice Helen Bendix. [3]
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