Paul J. Watford

Judge (ret.), Partner
litigation
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC

633 W 5th St Ste 1550
Los Angeles , CA 90071

Phone: (323) 210-2951

Law clerk, Hon. Alex Kozinski, 9th Circuit, 1994-95; law clerk, Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court, 1995-96; private practice, Los Angeles, 1996-97, 2000-12; assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 1997-2000; lecturer-in-law, USC, Gould School of Law, 2007-09; nominated October 2011, confirmed May 2012, retired May 2023; joined Wilson Sonsini, June 2023

UCLA Law School, 1994

Title	Court	Published
Paul J. Watford	9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Pasadena)	Jan. 26, 2015

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Paul J. Watford

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Pasadena)

Jan. 26, 2015

Case	Category	Published
Kennedy Jr. v. Warren author	Constitutional Law	May 4, 2023
Mejia Vega v. USCIS author	Immigration	Apr. 14, 2023
Seaview Trading LLC v. Commisssioner of Internal Revenue author	Tax	Mar. 10, 2023
O'Handley v. Weber author	Constitutional Law	Mar. 10, 2023
U.S. v. Munoz author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 11, 2023
D.R. v. Redondo Beach Unified School District author	Education	Dec. 20, 2022
Clark v. Weber author	Constitutional Law	Nov. 29, 2022
Hernandez v. City of Phoenix author	Civil Rights	Aug. 5, 2022
Fauber v. Davis dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 5, 2022
Amended Opinion: Sansing v. Ryan author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 29, 2022
U.S. v. Irons affirmed in part	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 12, 2022
Global Rescue Jets v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan author	Administrative Agencies	Apr. 11, 2022
Berman v. Freedom Financial Network author	Arbitration	Apr. 6, 2022
Togonon v. Garland author	Immigration	Jan. 11, 2022
Widjaja v. JPMorgan Chase Bank author	Banking	Dec. 21, 2021
J.K.J. v. City of San Diego dissenting	Civil Rights	Nov. 16, 2021
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency author	Environmental Law	Oct. 7, 2021
Hawkins v. U.S. author	Torts	Sep. 29, 2021
Diaz-Rodriguez v. Garland author	Immigration	Sep. 13, 2021
Sisley v. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration concurring	Administrative Agencies	Aug. 31, 2021
Loyhayem v. Fraser Financial & Insurance Services author	Consumer Law	Aug. 11, 2021
Sisto v. U.S. concurring	Torts	Aug. 5, 2021
Sansing v. Ryan author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 18, 2021
U.S. v. Singh dissenting	statutory_interpretation	May 4, 2021
SEIU Local 87 v. National Labor Relations Board author	Administrative Agencies	Apr. 29, 2021
U.S. v. Ayala-Bello concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 27, 2021
Alvarado-Herrera v. Garland author	Immigration	Apr. 14, 2021
Maine Community Health Options v. Albertsons Companies Inc. concurring	Civil Procedure	Apr. 1, 2021
Rojas v. Federal Aviation Administration author	statutory_interpretation	Mar. 3, 2021
Ward v. United Airlines author	Labor Law	Feb. 3, 2021
Scalia v. State of Alaska author	statutory_interpretation	Jan. 19, 2021
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Seila Law author	Constitutional Law	Dec. 30, 2020
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Johnson author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 27, 2020
In re BofI Holding Inc. Securities Litigation author	Securities	Oct. 9, 2020
Nanouk v. U.S. author	Torts	Sep. 8, 2020
National Family Farm Coalition v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency dissenting	Environmental Law	Jul. 23, 2020
Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau vacated and remanded	Constitutional Law	Jun. 30, 2020
Oman v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. affirmed	Labor Law	Jun. 30, 2020
U.S. v. Johnson author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 26, 2020
Liu v. Securities and Exchange Commission vacated and remanded	Securities	Jun. 23, 2020
Mero v. Barr author	Immigration	May 4, 2020
Peters v. Barr author	Immigration	Apr. 3, 2020
Park v. City and County of Honolulu author	Civil Rights	Mar. 16, 2020
Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin concurring	Copyright	Mar. 10, 2020
Orn v. City of Tacoma author	Civil Rights	Feb. 4, 2020
Morales v. Sherman author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 31, 2020
The Democratic National Committee v. Hobbs concurring	Civil Rights	Jan. 28, 2020
Tovar v. Zuchowski dissenting	Immigration	Jan. 21, 2020
Silbaugh v. Chao author	Civil Procedure	Nov. 15, 2019
National Resources Defense Council Inc. v. Perry author	Administrative Agencies	Oct. 11, 2019
First Amendment Coalition v. Ryan author	Constitutional Law	Sep. 18, 2019
U.S. v. Fitzgerald author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 27, 2019
U.S. v. Crum dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 19, 2019
U.S. v. Nejad author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 14, 2019
Interior Glass Systems v. U.S. author	Tax	Jun. 27, 2019
National Abortion Federation v. Center for Medical Progress author	Civil Procedure	Jun. 6, 2019
City of Albany v. CH2M Hill author	Civil Procedure	May 30, 2019
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Seila Law author	Constitutional Law	May 7, 2019
Grimm v. Vortex Marine Construction concurring	Labor Law	Apr. 17, 2019
Baldwin v. United States author	Tax	Apr. 17, 2019
U.S. v. Artis author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 29, 2019
EEOC v. Global Horizons author	Employment Discrimination	Feb. 7, 2019
Harmoni International Spice v. Hume author	International Law	Jan. 24, 2019
U.S. v. Johnson concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 10, 2019
Sandoval v. City of Santa Rosa author	Civil Rights	Dec. 24, 2018
Olivas-Motta v. Whitaker dissenting	Immigration	Dec. 20, 2018
Kendrick v. Conduent State and Local Solutions dissenting	Civil Procedure	Dec. 18, 2018
U.S. v. Kirkland author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 29, 2018
Williams v. Filson author	Civil Procedure	Nov. 12, 2018
Bunker Holdings v. Yang Ming Liberia author	Maritime Law	Oct. 12, 2018
U.S. v. Gonzalez author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 11, 2018
U.S. v. Lynch author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 14, 2018
Moore v. Urquhart author	Constitutional Law	Aug. 17, 2018
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Edling author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 13, 2018
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Kootswatewa author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 28, 2018
U.S. v. Paul Swallow author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 12, 2018
Quintero-Cisneros v. Sessions author	Immigration	Jun. 12, 2018
U.S. v. Edling author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 11, 2018
Miller v. Sessions author	Immigration	May 9, 2018
U.S. v. County of Maricopa author	Civil Rights	May 8, 2018
Rizo v. Yovino concurring	Employment Law	Apr. 10, 2018
U.S. v. Kootswatewa author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 26, 2018
Amended Opinion: TDY Holdings LLC v. United States dissenting	Environmental Law	Mar. 21, 2018
Amended Opinion: TDY Holdings LLC v. United States concurring	Environmental Law	Mar. 8, 2018
Rentmeester v. Nike author	Copyright	Feb. 28, 2018
Gomez-Velazco v. Sessions author	Immigration	Jan. 11, 2018
Wellington v. Berryhill dissenting	Administrative Agencies	Jan. 2, 2018
TDY Holdings LLC v. United States concurring	Environmental Law	Oct. 5, 2017
U.S. v. Cervantes author	Administrative Agencies	Jun. 19, 2017

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