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Jesus Bernal
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Assumed office
December 12, 2012
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byStephen G. Larson
Personal details
Born
Jesus Gilberto Bernal

November 1963 (age 60–61)
Culiacán, Mexico
EducationYale University (BA)
Stanford University (JD)

Jesus Gilberto Bernal (born November 1963) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Biography

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Bernal received his Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Yale University in 1986. He received his Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 1989. He served as a law clerk to Judge David Vreeland Kenyon of the United States District Court for the Central District of California from 1989 to 1991. He worked as a litigation associate at the law firm of Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe LLP in Los Angeles from 1991 to 1996, where he focused on complex civil litigation. From 1996 to 2012, he was a deputy federal public defender in the Central District of California, serving at the Los Angeles office from 1996 to 2006 and serving as a directing attorney at the Riverside office from 2006 to 2012.[1][2]

Federal judicial service

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On April 25, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Bernal to be a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California, to the seat vacated by Judge Stephen G. Larson.[1] The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on his nomination on June 6, 2012, and reported his nomination to the floor on July 12, 2012.[3] The Senate confirmed Bernal in a voice vote on December 11, 2012. He received his judicial commission on December 12, 2012.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "President Obama Nominates Four to Serve on the US District Court". whitehouse.gov. April 25, 2012 – via National Archives.
  2. ^ a b Jesus Bernal at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  3. ^ "Home – United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". judiciary.senate.gov.
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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
2012–present
Incumbent