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Marsha Siegel Berzon

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Senior status. Born 1945.

Federal judicial service

Newest first

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Appointed by
William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Nominated
Jan 26, 1999
Senate vote
64 to 34
Confirmed
Mar 9, 2000
Commissioned
Mar 16, 2000
Senior status
Jan 23, 2022

Education

  • B.A., Radcliffe College, 1966
  • J.D., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 1973

Career

  • Law clerk, Hon. James R. Browning, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1973-1974
  • Law clerk, Hon. William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 1974-1975
  • Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1975-1977
  • Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley, 1992
  • Practitioner-in-residence, Cornell School of Law, 1994
  • Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1978-2000

Other nominations

Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, January 27, 1998; no Senate vote

DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026

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