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Cynthia Valenzuela

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District Judge
USDC Central District of California
Western Division / First Street Federal Courthouse
Days: M-F Courtroom/Floor: 5D

350 W 1st St #4311
Los Angeles , CA 90012-4565
(213) 894-0239



Appointed to the Central District by Pres. Joe Biden and confirmed December 2024; appointed State Bar Court Judge by the California Supreme Court, 2016, and reappointed to second six-year term in September 2022; supervising attorney, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 2011-16; national director of litigation, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 2006-11; assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. attorney's office, Los Angeles, 2000-06; trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1998-2000; special assistant to vice-chair Cruz Reynoso, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Davis, 1995-98

UCLA Law School



Judicial Profiles
Title Court Published
Guarding the Privilege State Bar Court (Los Angeles) Mar. 1, 2018
Title Court Published
Guarding the Privilege State Bar Court (Los Angeles) Mar. 1, 2018
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