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Valerie Baker Fairbank
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Senior status since March 1, 2012.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- January 9, 2007
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), January 25, 2007
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- February 1, 2007
- Commissioned
- February 16, 2007
- Senior status
- Since March 1, 2012
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1949, 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.
All judges of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1975-1977, 1980-1986
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 1977-1980
- Judge, Los Angeles [California] Municipal Court, 1986-1987
- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 1987-2007
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