9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Pasadena)
Career Highlights: Law clerk, Hon. William M. Byrne, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1963-64; private practice, Pomona, 1964-80; Judge, San Bernardino Superior Court, 1980-85; nominated July 1985, confirmed October 1985, assumed senior status June 2002
Law School: USC Law School, J.D., 1962; Harvard Law School, LL.M., 1963
Career Highlights: Law clerk, Hon. William M. Byrne, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1963-64; private practice, Pomona, 1964-80; Judge, San Bernardino Superior Court, 1980-85; nominated July 1985, confirmed October 1985, assumed senior status June 2002
Law School: USC Law School, J.D., 1962; Harvard Law School, LL.M., 1963
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Ferdinand F. Fernandez, a senior judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, is a staunch conservative without much obviously in common with liberal bench colleague Marsha S. Berzon.
Yet the two share one trait: Berzon, a President Bill Clinton appointee, rarely grants interviews. Fernandez, whom President George H.W. Bush placed on the court, never does. Famously reclusive, Fernandez, 77, is permanently unav... (continued)
