Monica Ramirez Almadani
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Born 1979.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Jan 23, 2023
- Senate vote
- 51 to 44
- Confirmed
- Nov 9, 2023
- Commissioned
- Nov 21, 2023
Education
- A.B., Harvard University, 2001
- J.D., Stanford Law School, 2004
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Warren J. Ferguson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2004-2005
- Immigrants' Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, San Francisco, California, 2005-2009
- Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2005-2007
- staff attorney, 2007-2009
- U.S. Department of Justice, 2009-2012
- counsel to the assistant attorney general, Civil Rights Division, 2009-2011
- senior counsel and deputy chief of staff to the deputy attorney general, 2011-2012
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 2012-2015
- Special assistant attorney general, State of California, 2015-2017
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 2017-2019
- Visiting assistant clinical professor of law and co-director, Immigrant Rights Clinic, University of California, Irvine School of Law, 2019-2021
- President and chief executive officer, Public Counsel, Los Angeles, California, 2021-2023
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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