Career Highlights: Appointed U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge, April 2011; assistant director, U.S. Trustee Program, bankruptcy fraud criminal coordinator, U.S. Department of Justice, 2003-09, Los Angeles; adjunct professor, Loyola Law School, 2003-06; assistant U.S. Attorney, Central District of California, 1997-2003; litigation associate, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 1995-97, Los Angeles; judicial law clerk for 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Arthur L. Alarcón, 1994-95, Los Angeles; judicial law clerk for U.S. District Judge Lourdes G. Baird, 1992-94, Los Angeles
Law School: Loyola Law School, 1992
For U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sandra R. Klein, educating young people about the value of persistence, and the legal system, is just as vital as motivating the parties in her courtroom to keep trying to abide by the law and make a new start.
The Massachusetts native said she learned the value of education and diligence when she was a child by watching and helping her parents operate a pharmacy that allowed her mother to successfully pursue a college education.
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