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Thomas J. Whelan
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Senior status since August 15, 2010.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- June 4, 1998
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 9, 1998
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 17, 1998
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- October 21, 1998
- Commissioned
- October 22, 1998
- Senior status
- Since August 15, 2010
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1940, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Contracts administrator, planner, and estimator, General Dynamics Corp., 1961-1969
- Deputy district attorney, San Diego, California, 1969-1989
- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, 1990-1998
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