Anthony W. Ishii

Anthony Ishii
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office October 31, 2012
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
In office 2008–2012
Preceded by	Garland Ellis Burrell Jr.
Succeeded by	Morrison C. England Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
In office October 14, 1997 – October 31, 2012
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Robert Everett Coyle
Succeeded by	Dale A. Drozd
Personal details
Born	1946 (age 77–78) Santa Ana, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of the Pacific UC Berkeley School of Law

Anthony Wayne Ishii (born 1946) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Born in Santa Ana, California, Ishii received an A.S. from Reedley Junior College in 1966, a Ph.G. from the University of the Pacific School of Pharmacy in 1970, and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1973. He was a deputy in the City Attorney's Office of Sacramento, California in 1975, and a deputy public defender, Public Defender's Office, County of Fresno, California in 1979. He was in private practice in Fresno, California from 1979 to 1983. He was a Justice Court judge, Parlier-Selma Judicial District, County of Fresno, California from 1983 to 1993, and a Municipal Court judge, Central Valley Municipal Court, County of Fresno, California from 1994 to 1997.

On February 12, 1997, Ishii was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California vacated by Robert E. Coyle. Ishii was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 9, 1997, and received his commission on October 14, 1997, becoming the first Asian Pacific American judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. He served as chief judge from 2008 to 2012. He took senior status on October 31, 2012.

Awards and recognition

In 2013 Ishii received the President’s Award from the Asian/Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento.

References

• Anthony W. Ishii at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.