Chief United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill (LJO)

Federal Judicial Service:

U. S. District Court, Eastern District of California
United States District Judge appointed on February 2, 2007

Chief Judge May 1, 2016 - Present

 

Education:

University of California, Berkeley, A.B. Criminology, 1973

Golden Gate University, San Francisco, M.A. Public Administration 1976

Hastings College of Law, San Francisco, J.D., 1979

 

Professional Career:

1978-1979
Law Clerk, Hon. Robert F. Kane, First District Court of Appeal, San Francisco

1979-1990
Private Practice, Fresno, California

1990 - 1999
Fresno County Superior Court Judge

1993-1995
Presiding Judge Fresno County Superior Court

1999-2007
United States Magistrate Judge appointed on January 16, 1999