U.S. Southern California District Court (San Diego)
Career Highlights: Senior status eff. March 31 2021. Appointed as a U.S. district judge by President Barack Obama on Jan. 5, 2011; appointed U.S. magistrate judge by Southern District judges in November 1993; partner, Battaglia, Fitzpatrick & Battaglia, 1991-1993; sole practitioner, 1981-1991; associate, Law Offices of John S. Marin, Sr., 1974-80.
Law School: California Western School of Law, 1974
Career Highlights: Senior status eff. March 31 2021. Appointed as a U.S. district judge by President Barack Obama on Jan. 5, 2011; appointed U.S. magistrate judge by Southern District judges in November 1993; partner, Battaglia, Fitzpatrick & Battaglia, 1991-1993; sole practitioner, 1981-1991; associate, Law Offices of John S. Marin, Sr., 1974-80.
Law School: California Western School of Law, 1974
By Pat Broderick
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN DIEGO - Anthony J. Battaglia, son of a commercial fisherman, decided at the age of 16 that maybe he wouldn't be a baseball player after all. Instead, he was going to be a judge. This epiphany happened when the San Diego native was a 10th-grader on a field trip to what was then Municipal Court, where he watched trials and arraignments. "It was impressive," said Battaglia, a U.S. magistr... (continued)
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN DIEGO - Anthony J. Battaglia, son of a commercial fisherman, decided at the age of 16 that maybe he wouldn't be a baseball player after all. Instead, he was going to be a judge. This epiphany happened when the San Diego native was a 10th-grader on a field trip to what was then Municipal Court, where he watched trials and arraignments. "It was impressive," said Battaglia, a U.S. magistr... (continued)
