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Judges and Judiciary,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Jul. 8, 2021

Q&A: 9th Circuit Judge Kim Wardlaw

On the bench now for 26 years, Kim Wardlaw tells us about becoming a federal judge and about life on the 9th Circuit. She also weighs in on her circuit’s problems with complaints of sexual harassment in the workplace.

William Domnarski

Email: domnarski@gmail.com

William Domnarski is a Southland mediator and practitioner. His latest book is "Richard Posner," published by Oxford University Press in 2016.

William Domnarski: You've had not one but two federal judicial appointments, first as a trial judge to the Central District of California (1995) and then as an appellate judge to the 9th Circuit (1998). How did they come about?

Kim Wardlaw: My background as the daughter of a Scotch-Iri...

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