
Career Highlights: Appointed to the 9th Circuit by President George W. Bush, 2006; deputy secretary and general counsel, California Resources Agency, 2004-06; partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 1997-2004; associate, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 1990-97; law clerk, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, 1989-1990; law clerk, 9th U.s. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski, 1988-89
Law School: UCLA Law School, 1988
Daily Journal Staff Writer
PASADENA There's more to kung fu than Jackie Chan spin-kicking his way out of trouble. Ask Judge Sandra Ikuta of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a former journalist who once edited magazines like Martial Arts Movies and Inside Kung Fu.
The editor, then known as Sandra Segal, met the martial arts photographer who'd become her husband, Ed Ikuta, while working on stories for her magazines in the ea... (continued)