Judges and Judiciary,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Nov. 22, 2021
No debate over one transfer of power: A new chief judge ascends the 9th Circuit
The daughter of Mexican immigrants who settled in one of the poorest parts of Kansas, Judge Mary Murguia next week will become the second federal chief circuit judge of Hispanic descent, and the second female chief judge of the 9th Circuit.
Ben Feuer
Chairman California Appellate Law Group LLP
Appellate Law
96 Jessie St
San Francisco , CA 94105
Phone: (415) 649-6700
Email: ben@calapplaw.com
Northwestern Univ School of Law
Ben handles civil and business appeals in the 9th Circuit and California Courts of Appeal. He is a former 9th Circuit law clerk and co-chair of the Appellate Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco. the Daily Journal named Ben as one of the Top 40 Under 40 lawyers in California for 2018.
Think back to 2014. A simpler time. Before pandemics. Before insurrections.
2014. Riots against police violence had only just gotten going, in Ferguson, Missouri. Russia had only just annexed Crimea. ISIS had only just invaded Iraq.
OK, so maybe the past isn't always as rosy as we like to think.
But at least one important transfer of power occurred in 2014, and it brought no angst, c...
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