Barbara Major

Barbara Major

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Southern District of California

Tenure

2004 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

20

Elections and appointments

Appointed

2004

Education

Bachelor's

Stanford, 1983

Law

University of California, Berkeley, 1987

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Barbara Major is a magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. She assumed office on January 5, 2004.

Early life and education

Judge Major earned her B.A. from Stanford University in 1983, and her J.D. from U.C. Berkeley in 1987.

Professional career

Judge Major started her career as a Law Clerk to Judge J. Lawrence Irving of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in 1987. Between 1988 and 1990, she worked as an Associate for Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon. Her final position before her judicial appointment was as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California between 1991 and 2003.

See also

• United States District Court for the Southern District of California
• United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

External links

• List of judges of the Southern District of California

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California courts

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