Paul Watford | |
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
In office May 22, 2012 – May 31, 2023 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Pamela Ann Rymer |
Succeeded by | Ana de Alba |
Personal details | |
Born | Paul Jeffrey Watford August 25, 1967 Garden Grove, California, U.S. |
Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) University of California, Los Angeles (JD) |
Paul Jeffrey Watford (born August 25, 1967)[1] is an American lawyer who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2012 to 2023.[2] In 2016, The New York Times identified Watford as a potential Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia.[3][4] Watford resigned his judgeship in 2023 and became a partner at the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.