Terry J. Hatter Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Senior status. Born 1933.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Sep 28, 1979
- Senate vote
- Voice vote
- Confirmed
- Dec 19, 1979
- Commissioned
- Dec 20, 1979
- Senior status
- Apr 22, 2005
Education
- B.A., Wesleyan University, 1954
- J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 1960
Career
- U.S. Air Force NCO-in-charge, 1955-1956
- Adjudicator, U.S. Veterans Administration, Chicago, Illinois, 1960-1961
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1961-1962
- Assistant public defender, Cook County, Illinois, 1961-1962
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of California, 1962-1966
- Special assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of California, 1965-1966
- Chief counsel, San Francisco [California] Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation, 1966-1967
- Regional legal services director, Office of Economic Opportunity, San Francisco, California, 1967-1970
- Executive director, Western Center on Law and Poverty, Los Angeles, California, 1970-1973
- Associate clinical professor of law, University of Southern California Law Center, 1970-1974
- Professor of law, Loyola University, Los Angeles, California, 1973-1975
- Special assistant to the mayor, Los Angeles, California, 1974-1977
- director of criminal justice planning, 1974-1975
- director of urban development, 1975-1977
- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 1977-1980
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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