9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Career Highlights: Assistant DA, Wyandotte County, Kansas, 1985-90; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Arizona, 1990-2000; Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, 1998-2000 (counsel to the director's staff, 1998-1999; principal deputy director, 1999; director, 1999-2000); nominated July 2000, confirmed October 2000, chief judge December 2021-present
Law School: University of Kansas School of Law, J.D., 1985
Career Highlights: Assistant DA, Wyandotte County, Kansas, 1985-90; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Arizona, 1990-2000; Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, 1998-2000 (counsel to the director's staff, 1998-1999; principal deputy director, 1999; director, 1999-2000); nominated July 2000, confirmed October 2000, chief judge December 2021-present
Law School: University of Kansas School of Law, J.D., 1985
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary H. Murguia (Daily Journal photo)
Seconds into oral argument over the breadth of California's sexual harassment law, Circuit Judge Mary H. Murguia interrupted actress Ashley Judd's lawyer and cut to the key issue: Is the statute self-limiting in a way that let Harvey Weinstein off the hook?
Murguia's quick, incisive query from the bench last year showed a judge fully in command of her virtual courtroom -- a quality bound to be useful as she launches a seven-year... (continued)
