Preceded by Irma Elsa Gonzalez Appointed by Bill Clinton | Name Barry Moskowitz Role Judge | |
Preceded by new seat authorized by 104 Stat. 5089 Alma mater Rutgers College
Rutgers School of Law–Newark Education Rutgers University, Rutgers School of Law–Newark | ||
Alumni Association Honors Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz '75
Barry Ted Moskowitz (born 1950) is the Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
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- Alumni Association Honors Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz 75
- Education and career
- Federal judicial service
- References
Education and career
Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Moskowitz received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers College in 1972 and a Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law–Newark in 1975. He was a law clerk for Judge Leonard I. Garth on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 1975 to 1976. He was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1976 to 1982. He was in private practice in Wayne, New Jersey from 1982 to 1985, and was then again an Assistant United States Attorney, this time in the Southern District of California, from 1985 to 1988.
Federal judicial service
From 1986 to 1995, Moskowitz was a United States Magistrate Judge of the Southern District of California. On June 30, 1995, Moskowitz was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California created by 104 Stat. 5089. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 22, 1995, and received his commission on December 26, 1995. He was elevated to chief judge on January 23, 2012.