Stanley Blumenfeld

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Stanley Blumenfeld
Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court
Assumed office
June 20, 2006
Appointed byArnold Schwarzenegger
Preceded byJohn Sandoz
Personal details
Born
Stanley Blumenfeld Jr.[1]

(1962-03-07) March 7, 1962 (age 62)[2]
Patchogue, New York
EducationBinghamton University (BA)
New York University (MA)
University of California, Los Angeles (JD)

Stanley Blumenfeld Jr.[3] (born March 7, 1962) is an American lawyer and jurist. He is a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court who is a nominee to become a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Education and early career

Blumenfeld received his Bachelor of Arts from Binghamton University, a Master of Arts in Spanish from New York University in 1985, and his Juris Doctor, Order of the Coif, from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1988, where he served as editor-in-chief of the UCLA Law Review.[4]

Legal career

Blumenfeld served as a law clerk to Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1988 to 1989. He was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California from 1989 to 1996 and was a partner at O'Melveny & Myers from 1993 to 2006, where he served as co-chair of the healthcare and environmental law practice groups.[4] He also was a summer associate with Rogers & Wells in 1986 and with Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP in 1987.

State judicial career

Blumenfeld was appointed to be a Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on June 20, 2006, to succeed John Sandoz. He was re-elected in 2014 for a term that expires in January 2021.[5]

Teaching

Blumenfeld is an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California School of Law, where he teaches a course in Constitutional criminal procedure and criminal remedies.[4] From 2011 to 2014, he was an adjunct professor at Southwestern Law School.

Nomination to district court

On October 10, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Blumenfeld to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California. On November 13, 2018, his nomination was sent to the U.S. Senate. President Trump nominated Blumenfeld to the seat vacated by Judge Audrey B. Collins, who retired on August 1, 2014.[6]

On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. On January 30, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Blumenfeld to the district court.[7] On February 6, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate.[8] A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on November 13, 2019.[9] On January 3, 2020, his nomination was once again returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.[10] On January 9, 2020, he was renominated to the same seat.[11] On March 5, 2020, his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.[12] His nomination is currently pending before the full United States Senate.

References

  1. ^ https://www.martindale.com/alhambra/california/stanley-blumenfeld-jr-140821-a/
  2. ^ Hubbell, Martindale (March 2002). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Volume 2 (2002 - A-R). Martindale-Hubbell. ISBN 9781561604913.
  3. ^ Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ a b c "President Donald J. Trump Announces Fourteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Thirteenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees, and Eighth Wave of United States Marshal Nominees" White House, October 10, 2018 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ "Stanley Blumenfeld – USC Gould School of Law". gould.usc.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  6. ^ "Twenty Six Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, November 13, 2018
  7. ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Judicial Nominees". The White House. 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  8. ^ "Twelve Nominations Sent to the Senate", The White House, February 6, 2019
  9. ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for November 13, 2019
  10. ^ "PN369 - Nomination of Stanley Blumenfeld for The Judiciary, 116th Congress (2019-2020)". www.congress.gov. 2020-01-03. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  11. ^ "Seven Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, January 9, 2020
  12. ^ Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 5, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee

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