U.S. Central California Bankruptcy Court (Santa Barbara)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2012; U.S. magistrate judge, U.S. District Court, Central District, Santa Barbara, 2004-12; judicial staff attorney and judge pro tempore, San Luis Obispo County Superior Court, 1999-04; judicial staff attorney, U.S. District Court, Central District, Los Angeles, 1991-99; associate, Shearer, Lanctot, Walsh & Knorp, San Francisco, 1989-90.
Law School: California Western School of Law, 1989
Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2012; U.S. magistrate judge, U.S. District Court, Central District, Santa Barbara, 2004-12; judicial staff attorney and judge pro tempore, San Luis Obispo County Superior Court, 1999-04; judicial staff attorney, U.S. District Court, Central District, Los Angeles, 1991-99; associate, Shearer, Lanctot, Walsh & Knorp, San Francisco, 1989-90.
Law School: California Western School of Law, 1989
By Ciaran McEvoy
Daily Journal Staff Writer SANTA BARBARA - When California was mired in a deep recession in the early 1990s, U.S. Magistrate Judge Rita Coyne Federman, then an unemployed lawyer eager to find work, began her long journey towards the federal bench. In 1991, Federman beat out 200 other applicants for one job as a staff attorney to the district's magistrate judges. As a staff attorney working for the court, Federman w... (continued)
Daily Journal Staff Writer SANTA BARBARA - When California was mired in a deep recession in the early 1990s, U.S. Magistrate Judge Rita Coyne Federman, then an unemployed lawyer eager to find work, began her long journey towards the federal bench. In 1991, Federman beat out 200 other applicants for one job as a staff attorney to the district's magistrate judges. As a staff attorney working for the court, Federman w... (continued)
