Harry Pregerson was a United States circuit judge appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by President Jimmy Carter in 1979. Pregerson was regarded as one of the judiciary's most liberal judges,attracting both praise and criticism for his insistence on placing his conscience above court precedent.
Percy Anderson is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Valerie Lynn Baker Fairbank is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Phyllis Jean Hamilton is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Nanette Kay Laughrey is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
Gary Lee Taylor is a retired United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Ronald McLeod Whyte was United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose,California.
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.
Lucy Haeran Koh is an American lawyer serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Koh previously served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 2010 to 2021. She also served as a California state court judge of the Santa Clara County Superior Court from 2008 to 2010. She is the first Korean American woman to serve on a federal appellate court in the United States.
Rosemary Márquez is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
Paul Jeffrey Watford is an American lawyer who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2012 to 2023. In 2016,The New York Times identified Watford as a potential Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia. Watford resigned his judgeship in 2023 and became a partner at the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &Rosati.
Dale Alan Drozd is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California and former Chief United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Paul Lewis Abrams is a United States magistrate judge for the Central District of California and is a former nominee to be a United States district judge of the same court.
Anne Rachel Traum is an American lawyer and academic who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. She was a professor of law at the William S. Boyd School of Law in 2002 and again from 2008 to 2022.
Daniel Paul Collins is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Stanley Blumenfeld Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He formerly served as a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2006 to 2020.
John William Holcomb is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Holly Aiyisha Thomas is an American attorney serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She previously served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2018 to 2022.
Sherilyn Peace Garnett is an American attorney who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. She served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2014 to 2022.
Kenly Kiya Kato is an American judge who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California since 2023. She previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court from 2014 to 2023.
