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Marsha Siegel Berzon

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Senior status since January 23, 2022.

Confirmed 64 to 34Confirmed from the official record
Appointed by
William J. Clinton
Nominated
January 26, 1999
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
June 16, 1999
Committee action
Reported (favorably), July 1, 1999
Senate vote
Recorded vote, 64 to 34
Confirmed
March 9, 2000
Commissioned
March 16, 2000
Senior status
Since January 23, 2022
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1945, 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

  • Law clerk, Hon. James R. Browning, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1973-1974
  • Law clerk, Hon. William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 1974-1975
  • Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1975-1977
  • Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley, 1992
  • Practitioner-in-residence, Cornell School of Law, 1994
  • Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1978-2000

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