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John William Holcomb
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Active service.
Confirmed 83 to 12Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- February 13, 2020
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 17, 2020
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 23, 2020
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 83 to 12
- Confirmed
- September 15, 2020
- Commissioned
- September 18, 2020
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1963, 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
- U.S. Naval Reserve midshipman, 1980-1984
- U.S. Navy (highest rank: lieutenant), 1984-1989
- Law clerk, Hon. Ronald Barliant, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1993-1994
- Private practice, Newport Beach, California, 1994-2001
- Private practice, Irvine, California, 2002-2018
- Private practice, Rancho Santa Margarita, California, 2019
- Private practice, Costa Mesa, California, 2019-2020
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