
Career Highlights: Nominated to the 9th Circuit by President William J. Clinton, Jan. 27, 1998; confirmed by the U.S. Senate, July 31, 1998; judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1995-98; member, Mayoral Transition Committee, Mayor-Elect Richard Riordan, Los Angeles, 1993; member, Clinton-Gore Presidential Transition Team, 1992-93; partner, associate, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, 1980-95; law clerk, Judge William P. Gray, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1979-80
Law School: UCLA Law School, 1979
PASADENA -- "I think you can see it today," Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw said as she leaned over a picture of her husband placed neatly on a side table. She was peering out the northern window of her chambers and pointing to a large white edifice that disturbs the canopy of oaks and palms shading the city of Pasadena.
It's the Rose Bowl, the storied football stadium that has served as the home field for the UCLA Bruins since... (continued)