Barry Moskowitz
Barry Ted Moskowitz is afederal judge onsenior status on theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California. He joined the court in 1995 after being nominated by PresidentBill Clinton (D). Moskowitz retired from full-time service, assumingsenior status, on January 23, 2019.
Moskowitz served as chief judge of the court from 2012 to 2019.
Early life and education
Moskowitz graduated from Rutgers University with a bachelor's degree in 1972 and hisJ.D. in 1975.
Professional career
Moskowitz began his career as a law clerk in theThird Circuit Court of Appeals from 1975 to 1976 before joining theU.S. Attorney's Office as assistant U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1976 to 1982. Moskowitz served as a private practice attorney licensed in the State ofNew Jersey from 1982 to 1985. He re-joined theU.S. Attorney's Office as assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California from 1985 to 1988.
Judicial career
Moskowitz began his federal judicial career as afederal magistrate judge for theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California. Moskowitz was appointed to a four-year part-time term in 1986. In 1988, he was appointed to a full-time, eight-year term. Moskowitz served as a federal magistrate judge until 1995 when he was elevated to an Article III judgeship.
Moskowitz served as a judge on theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California from 1995 to 2019. He retired, assumingsenior status, on January 23, 2019. He served as chief judge from 2012 to 2019.
Federal judicial nomination
Southern District of California
On the recommendations of U.S. SenatorsDianne Feinstein andBarbara Boxer, Moskowitz was nominated byBill Clinton (D) on June 30, 1995, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089. Moskowitz was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 22, 1995, on a majority voice vote. He received commission onDecember 26, 1995.[1]
Congressional oath of office
On January 29, 2013, Moskowitz administered the oath of office to RepresentativesSusan Davis,Scott Peters, andJuan Vargas at the beginning of their new term.[2]
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat | Southern District of California 1995–2019 | Succeeded by: Jinsook Ohta |
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| 1993 | Adams •Ambrose •Barnes •Brinkema •Bucklew •Chasanow •Coffman •Daughtrey •Ferguson •Ginsburg •Hagen •Jackson •Lancaster •Leval •Lindsay •Messitte •Michael •Piersol •Saris •Schwartz •Seybert •Shanahan •Shaw •Stearns •Trager •Vazquez •Wilken •Wilson | ||
| 1994 | Baer •Barkett •Batts •Beaty •Benavides •Bennett •Berrigan •Biery •Block •Borman •Breyer •Briones •Bryson •Bucklo •Burgess •Burrage •Cabranes •Calabresi •Carr •Casellas •Castillo •Chatigny •Chin •Cindrich •Coar •Collins •Cooper •Cote •Currie •Davis •Dominguez •Downes •Duval •Friedman •Furgeson •Garcia •Gertner •Gettleman •Gillmor •Gilmore •Gleeson •Haggerty •Hamilton •Hannah •Hawkins •Henry •Holmes •Hood •Hull •Hurley •Jack •Jones •Jones •Kaplan •Katz •Kern •Kessler •Koeltl •Lisi •Manning •McKee •McLaughlin •Melancon •Miles-LaGrange •Moore •Motz •Murphy •O'Malley •O'Meara •Oliver •Paez •B. Parker •F. Parker •R. Parker •Perry •Ponsor •Pooler •Porteous •Rendell • Riley •Robertson •Rogers •Ross •Russell •Sands •Sarokin •Scheindlin •Silver •Squatrito •Stewart •Sullivan •Tatel •Thompson •Timlin •Urbina •Vanaskie •Vance •Walls •Wells •Williams | ||
| 1995 | Arterton •Atlas •Black •Blake •Briscoe •Tena Campbell •Todd Campbell •Chesney •Cole •Collier •Daniel •Davis •Dennis •Dlott •Donald •Duffy •Economus •Evans •Fallon •Folsom •Gaughan •Goodwin •Heartfield •Hunt •Illston •Jones •King •Kornmann •Lawson •Lenard •Lucero •Lynch •McKinley •Moody •Moore •Moskowitz •Murphy •Murtha •Nugent •O'Toole •Orlofsky •Pogue •Sessions •C. Smith •O. Smith •Stein •Thornburg •Tunheim •Wallach •Wardlaw •Webber •Whaley •Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 | Broadwater •Clevert •Fenner •Gershon •Gottschall •Greenaway •Hinkle •Jones •Kahn •Laughrey •Lemmon •Marten •Miller •Molloy •Montgomery •Pregerson •Rakoff •Sargus •Tashima •Thomas •Zapata | ||
| 1997 | Adelman •Bataillon •Breyer •Caputo •Casey •Chambers •Clay •Damrell •Droney •Friedman •Gajarsa •Garland •Gilman •Gold •Gwin •Hall •Hayden •Hull •Ishii •Jenkins •Kauffman •Kennedy •Kimball •Kollar-Kotelly •Lazzara •Marbley •Marcus •Middlebrooks •Miller •Moon •Pratt •Rendell •Sippel •Siragusa •Snyder •Thrash | ||
| 1998 | Aiken •Barbier •Barzilay •Berman •Buttram •Carter •Collins •Dawson •Dimitrouleas •Fletcher •Fogel •Frank •Graber •Hellerstein •Herndon •James •Johnson •Kane •Kelly •G. King •R. King •Lasnik •Lee •Lemelle •Lindsay •Lipez •Manella •Matz •McCuskey •McKeown •McMahon •Mickle •Mollway •Mordue •Moreno •Morrow •Munley •Murphy •Pallmeyer •Pauley •Polster •Pooler •Rawlinson •Ridgway •R. Roberts •V. Roberts •Sack •Scott •Seitz •Seymour •Shea •Silverman •Sleet •Sotomayor •Steeh •Story •Straub •Tagle •Tarnow •Trauger •Traxler •Tyson •Wardlaw •Whelan •Young | ||
| 1999 | Alsup •Barry •Brown •Buchwald •Cooper •Eaton •Ellison •Feess •Fisher •Gould •Guzman •Haynes •Hibbler •Hochberg •Hurd •Huvelle •Jordan •Katzmann •Kennelly •Linn •Lorenz •Lynn •Marrero •Murguia •Pannell •Pechman •Pepper •Phillips •Schreier •Stewart •Underhill •Ward •Williams •Wilson | ||
| 2000 | Ambro •Antoon •Battani •Berzon •Bolton •Brady •Bye •Cavanaugh •Daniels •Darrah •Dawson •Dyk •Fuentes •Garaufis •Garcia-Gregory •Hamilton •Huck •Hunt •Lawson •Lefkow •Lynch •Martin •McLaughlin •Moody •Murguia •Paez •Pisano •Presnell •Rawlinson •Reagan •Schiller •Singal •Steele •Surrick •Swain •Tallman •Teilborg •Tucker •Whittemore | ||
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court:Central District of California,Eastern District of California,Northern District of California,Southern District of California • U.S. Bankruptcy Court:Central District of California,Eastern District of California,Northern District of California,Southern District of California
State courts:
California Supreme Court•California Courts of Appeal•California Superior Courts
State resources:
Courts in California •California judicial elections •Judicial selection in California
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