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André Birotte, Jr.

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André Birotte Jr.

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United States District Court for the Central District of California

Tenure

2014 - Present

Years in position

10

Education

Personal

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André Birotte, Jr. is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Prior to joining the court, he was the Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California. President Barack Obama nominated Birotte to the United States District Court for the Central District of California on April 3, 2014.[1] The United States Senate confirmed Birotte on July 22, 2014, on a vote of 100-0.[2]

Education

Birotte earned his B.S. from Tufts University graduating in 1987 and earned his J.D. from Pepperdine University Law School in 1991.[1]

Professional career

  • 2010-2014: Assistant United States Attorney, Central District of California
  • 2003-2010: Inspector General, Los Angeles Police Commission
  • 2003-2004: Adjunct Professor, University of Southern California
  • 2001-2003: Assistant Inspector General, Los Angeles Police Commission
  • 1999-2001: Associate, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP
  • 1995-1999: Assistant United States Attorney, Central District of California
  • 1991-1994: Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office
  • 1991: Volunteer Law Clerk, United States Attorney's Office, Central District of California
  • 1990: Legal Intern, San Diego County Public Defender's Office
  • 1989: Law Clerk, Kohrs & Fiske
  • 1987-1988: Law Clerk, Bross, Strickland, Cary & Grossman[1][3]

Judicial career

District of Columbia

Nomination Tracker

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Nominee Information
Name: André Birotte, Jr.
Court: Central District of California
Progress
Confirmed 110 days after nomination.
ApprovedNominated: April 3, 2014
ApprovedABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
Questionnaire: Questionnaire
ApprovedHearing: May 20, 2014
QFRs: QFRs (Hover over QFRs to read more)
ApprovedReported: June 19, 2014 
ApprovedConfirmed: July 22, 2014
ApprovedVote: 100-0


André Birotte, Jr. was nominated on April 3, 2014, by President Barack Obama to fill a vacancy on the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Birotte was nominated to fill a vacancy created by Gary Feess, who took senior status on March 13, 2014. President Obama on the nomination:

These individuals have demonstrated the talent, expertise, and fair-mindedness Americans expect and deserve from their judicial system. I am grateful for their willingness to serve and confident that they will apply the law with the utmost impartiality and integrity.[1][4]

The American Bar Association rated Birotte Unanimously Well Qualified.[5]

Birotte had a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 20, 2014, a recording of the hearing can be seen here.[6] The Senate Judiciary Committee reported Birotte to the full Senate on June 19, 2014, on a voice vote.[7] The Senate unanimously confirmed Birotte on July 22, 2014.[2]

Reactions to nomination

I have been very impressed with his performance over the last four years. He has a record of excellence and fairness. I am confident he will serve the people of the Central District very well as a U.S. district judge.

[4]

—Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), [8]

Awards and associations

Awards

  • 2013: Service Appreciation Award, California Narcotics Officer Association
  • 2013: Champion of Justice Award, Black Prosecutors of Los Angeles
  • 2012: Leadership Award, Gamma Zeta Boule Foundation
  • 2012: Certificate of Appreciation, Environmental Protection Agency
  • 2012: Humane Law Enforcement Award, Humane Society
  • 2011: Prosecutor of the Year, Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • 2011: Loren Miller Lawyer of the Year, California Association of Black Lawyers
  • 2011: Honorary Membership Award, Shomrim Society
  • 2011: Trailblazer for Justice Award, All People's Community Church
  • 2011: Community Achievement Award, Orange County Korean American Bar Association
  • 2011: Appreciation Award, Armenian Bar Association
  • 2010: Distinguished Alumnus Award, Pepperdine University School of Law
  • 2010: Service Appreciation Award, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • 2010: Distinguished Service Medal, Los Angeles Police Commission
  • 2010: City Resolution, Mayor and City Council of Los Angeles
  • 2010: Appreciation Award, International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition
  • 2008: Wind Beneath My Wings Award, The National Association of Black Law Enforcement Executives
  • 2007: Award of Appreciation, International Law Enforcement Auditors Association and Los Angeles Police Department's Audit Division
  • 2005: Community Service Award, Edelbrock Motorcycle Performance
  • 2004: Award of Appreciation, Urban Issues Breakfast Forum of Greater Los Angeles[3]

Associations

  • 2014: Attorney General's Advisory Committee
  • 2011-Present: Countrywide Criminal Justice Coordination Committee
  • 2011-Present: Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect
  • 2010-Present: Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity
  • 2010-Present: Attorney General's Advisory Committee Subcommittees and Working Groups
  • 2013-Present: Co-Chair, Terrorism and National Security Subcommittee
  • 2012-Present: Co-Chair, Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force Consumer Protection Working Group
  • 2012-2013: Resource Allocation Working Group
  • 2010-Present: Civil Rights Subcommittee
  • 2010-Present: Violent and Organized Crime Subcommittee
  • 2010-Present: Cyber and Intellectual Property Subcommittee
  • 2010-Present: Border and Immigration Law Enforcement Subcommittee
  • 2010-Present: White Collar/Fraud Subcommittee
  • 2005-2010: National Association of Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement
  • 2010: President
  • 2009: President-Elect
  • 2008: Working Group on National Guidelines for Police Monitors
  • 2007-2009: Board of Directors
  • 2007-2008: Finance Committee Chair
  • 1992-2003: Board of Directors, Langston Bar Association
  • 2001-2003: Treasurer
  • 1991-2010: Criminal Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • 2002-2008: Judicial Appointments Committee
  • 2002-2010: Criminal Law Executive
  • 1996-2010: Temporary Judge Program
  • 1987-Present: Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated[3]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 White House, "President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the United States District Courts," April 3, 2014
  2. 2.0 2.1 United States Senate, "On the Nomination (Confirmation Andrew Birotte, Jr., of California, to be U.S. District Judge, Central District of California)," accessed July 22, 2014
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Senate Judiciary Committee, "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees," access May 21, 2014
  4. 4.0 4.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  5. American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III Judicial Nominees: 113th Congress," accessed April 8, 2014
  6. Senate Judiciary Committee, "Judicial Nominations," May 20, 2014
  7. Senate Judiciary Committee, "Results of Executive Business Meeting - June 19 2014," June 19, 2014
  8. LA Times, "Obama taps L.A.'s top federal prosecutor for district court bench," April 3, 2014

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Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Central District of California
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Chief JudgeDolly Gee   •  John Walter (California)  •  Otis Wright  •  Percy Anderson  •  David Carter (California)  •  Robert Klausner  •  Stephen V. Wilson  •  Fernando Olguin  •  Stanley Blumenfeld  •  Josephine Staton  •  Michael Fitzgerald (California)  •  Michelle Williams Court  •  Jesus Bernal  •  Sunshine S. Sykes  •  Fred W. Slaughter  •  Serena R. Murillo  •  André Birotte, Jr.  •  Sherilyn P. Garnett  •  Kenly Kiya Kato  •  Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong  •  Fernando Aenlle-Rocha  •  Wesley Hsu  •  Mark Scarsi  •  Anne Hwang  •  John Holcomb (California)  •  Hernán D. Vera  •  Mónica Ramírez Almadani  •  Cynthia Valenzuela

Senior judges

James Selna  •  Dean Pregerson  •  George Wu  •  Valerie Baker Fairbank  •  Dale Fischer  •  Terry Hatter  •  William Duffy Keller  •  Virginia Phillips  •  Ronald Lew  •  Consuelo Marshall  •  Christina Snyder  •  John A. Kronstadt  •  

Magistrate judges Charles F. Eick  •  Paul Abrams  •  Jacqueline Chooljian  •  Alicia Rosenberg  •  Sheri Pym  •  John McDermott (California)  •  Jean Rosenbluth  •  Michael Wilner  •  Douglas McCormick  •  Alka Sagar  •  Kenly Kiya Kato  •  Louise A. LaMothe  •  Steve Kim (California)  •  Karen Stevenson  •  Karen Scott  •  John Early  •  Alexander MacKinnon  •  Rozella Oliver  •  Gail Standish  •  Maria Audero  •  Pedro Castillo  •  Shashi Kewalramani  •  Autumn Spaeth  •  Margo Rocconi  •  Patricia Donahue  •  
Former Article III judges

Gilbert Jertberg  •  Carlos Moreno  •  Kim McLane Wardlaw  •  Alicemarie Stotler  •  Cormac Carney  •  Audrey Collins  •  Florence-Marie Cooper  •  Gary Feess  •  Andrew Guilford  •  Philip Gutierrez  •  Robert Kelleher  •  Stephen Larson  •  Spencer Letts  •  Howard Matz  •  Mariana Pfaelzer  •  S. James Otero  •  Manuel Real  •  George Schiavelli  •  Robert Takasugi  •  Harry Pregerson  •  Pamela Rymer  •  Richard Paez  •  Warren Ferguson  •  Cynthia Holcomb Hall  •  Ferdinand Francis Fernandez  •  Leon Rene Yankwich  •  Albert Lee Stephens, Jr.  •  Margaret Morrow  •  Lourdes Baird  •  Robert Bonner  •  William Byrne, Jr.  •  William Byrne, Sr.  •  Charles Carr  •  Thurmond Clarke  •  Elisha Crary  •  Jesse Curtis  •  John Davies  •  Robert Firth  •  Richard Gadbois  •  William Gray (California)  •  Peirson Hall  •  Andrew Hauk  •  Irving Hill  •  Harry Hupp  •  James Ideman  •  David Kenyon  •  Malcolm Lucas  •  Lawrence Lydick  •  Linda McLaughlin  •  Edward Rafeedie  •  William Rea  •  Gary L. Taylor  •  Dickran Tevrizian  •  Laughlin Waters  •  Francis Whelan  •  David Williams (California federal judge)  •  Jacqueline Nguyen  •  Beverly Reid O'Connell  •  Atsushi Wallace Tashima  •  

Former Chief judges

Alicemarie Stotler  •  Cormac Carney  •  Philip Gutierrez  •  Terry Hatter  •  Virginia Phillips  •  George King (California)  •  Consuelo Marshall  •  Manuel Real  •  Albert Lee Stephens, Jr.  •  William Byrne, Jr.  •  Thurmond Clarke  •  Andrew Hauk  •  Irving Hill  •  

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