9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Pasadena)
Career Highlights: Law clerk, Hon. Anthony Kennedy, 9th U.S. Circuit, 1975-6; law clerk, Hon. Warren Burger, U.S. Supreme Court, 1976-7; private practice, Los Angeles, 1977-9; private practice, Washington DC, 1979-81; deputy legal counsel, president-elect Ronald Reagan, 1980-1; assistant counsel, Office of Counsel to the President, 1981-2; nominated to 9th U.S. Circuit, August 1982; confirmed August 1982; served as chief judge 1982-85; member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2007-14. Retired December 2017.
Law School: UCLA Law School, 1975
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Career Highlights: Law clerk, Hon. Anthony Kennedy, 9th U.S. Circuit, 1975-6; law clerk, Hon. Warren Burger, U.S. Supreme Court, 1976-7; private practice, Los Angeles, 1977-9; private practice, Washington DC, 1979-81; deputy legal counsel, president-elect Ronald Reagan, 1980-1; assistant counsel, Office of Counsel to the President, 1981-2; nominated to 9th U.S. Circuit, August 1982; confirmed August 1982; served as chief judge 1982-85; member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2007-14. Retired December 2017.
Law School: UCLA Law School, 1975
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - From the first, Alex Kozinski relished playing the iconoclastic maverick and finding it can pay off. Soon after getting his degree from UCLA School of Law in 1975, he sued Los Angeles Chief of Police Darryl Gates and others, making a federal case of a speeding ticket he'd gotten.
Kozinski prevailed on his claim that the ticket incorrectly told him to appear on a Thursday night even though the... (continued)
