Career Highlights: Appointed to the 9th U.S. Circuit court of Appeals Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, 2016; appointed to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District, by the 9th Circuit judges, Oct. 24, 2011; shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP, Los Angeles, 2010-11; of counsel, Danning Gill Diamond & Kollitz LLP, Los Angeles, 2009-10; partner, Liner Grode Stein Yankelevitz Sunshine Regenstreif & Tayler LLP, Los Angeles, 2007-09; associate, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Los Angeles, 1991-2007; associate, Gendel Raskoff Shaprio & Quittner, Century City. 1989-91; Bolton Dunn & Moore, Santa Monica, 1985-89.
Law School: USC Gould School of Law
LOS ANGELES -- As a child, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Julia Brand and her three sisters moved from state to state as their father found new advertising jobs throughout the country.
She was born in Seattle, and after six moves, the family settled in Los Angeles when she was in the ninth grade. "As a little kid, it doesn't really affect you. You move to a new neighborhood, make new friends; it's all good," she continued.
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