
Career Highlights: U.S. Marine Corps first lieutenant, 1944-46; private practice, Los Angeles, 1951-53; private practice, Van Nuys, 1953-65; Judge, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1965-66; Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 1966-1967; nominated to 9th Circuit November 1967, confirmed December 1967, assumed senior status December 2015. Died November 25 2017.
Law School: UC Berkeley Boalt Hall, 1950
Daily Journal Staff Writer
CARLSBAD - With his trademark cowboy hat and cane, U.S. Circuit Judge Harry Pregerson was an easy candidate for the most recognizable figure at the 9th Circuit conference this month.
Quick-witted and busy at 88 years old, Pregerson was happy to oblige the many colleagues, acquaintances and strangers who stopped to chat.
A bankruptcy judge from San Jose wanted to talk Israel - Pregerson steered t... (continued)