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Judicial Clerkships

UC Irvine Law students accept post-graduate judicial clerkships at different times in their legal careers.  Many students secure clerkships before they graduate as either their first job after graduation or for a later year.  Some of these students also secure their second and sometimes third clerkships after they graduate. Others apply for their first clerkship as alumni. The chart below reflects these statistics, reported to the CDO as of March 2025.

 

The document below is a comprehensive list of all federal and state court judges who have hired UC Irvine Law students and graduates for post-graduate clerkships.

• Judicial Clerkships

Clerkship Yearbook

Below are some of our alumni who have clerked for judges across the United States, from California to the U.S. Virgin Islands. This is a non-comprehensive list based on voluntary participation.

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  Nefi Acosta '16

  Hon. Thelton E. Henderson (Ret.)
  U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
  (2016-2017)

• 

  Melissa Adams '18

  Hon. Sidney R. Thomas
  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2018-2019)

• Tim Alamsjah '16

  Hon. Sheri Pym
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2016-2018)

• 

  Nikki Allami '19

  Hon. Sheila K. Oberto
  U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
  (2022-2023) 
  
  
  Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.
  U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
  (2024)
• 

  Jaime Allgood '20

  Hon. Jeannette Castagnetti
  First Circuit Court (Oahu) Hawai'i
  (2020-2022)

  Hon. Dena Hanovice Palermo
  U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
  (2022-2023)

  Hon. Randy Crane
  U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
  (2023)

• 

  Thea Alli '18

  Hon. Harris Hartz
  Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2018-2019)

• 

  Peter Alter '19

  Hon. Karen Nelson Moore
  Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2020-2021)

  Hon. Christy Criswell Wiegand
  U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
  (2022-2023)

• Nicole Ambrosetti '13

  Hon. David H. Sanders (Ret.)
  23rd Judicial Circuit, West Virginia
  (2013-2015)
• 

  Mackenzie Anderson '20

  U.S. District Court, Central District of California 
  (2020-2021)
• 

  Alisha Ansari '16

  Hon. Shashi H. Kewalramani
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2018-2019) 

  Hon. Cynthia A. Bashant
  U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
  (2019-2021)

• 

  Jonhatan Aragon '20

  Hon. Nancy J. Koppe
  U.S. District Court, District of Nevada
  (2020-2021)

  Hon. Xavier Rodriguez
  U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
  (2021-2022) 

  Hon. Nancy L. Moritz
  Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2022-2023)

• 

  Emile Ayoub '16

  Hon. Roslynn R. Mauskopf
  U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  (2016-2017)
  
  

• 

  Jackson Backer '22

  Hon. Thomas Whelan
  U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
  (2023-2024)
• 

  Peter Bae '19

  Hon. Elayna J. Youchah
  U.S. District Court, District of Nevada
  (2019-2021)
• 

  Sara Banco '17

  Hon. Carolyn McHugh
  Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2017-2018)

• 

  Adam Barry '13

  Hon. Kim McLane Wardlaw
  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2013-2014)

• 

  Samantha Barry '23

  Hon. Kelly Fitzgerald Pate
  U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama
  (2023-2024)
• 

  Hannah Bartlett '21

  Hon. Victor Bolden
  U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
  (2022-2023)

  Hon. Karen Nelson Moore
  Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2023-2024)

• 

  Hanna Bayer '23

  Hon. Mark D. Houle
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California (2023-2024)

  Hon. Thomas S. Zilly
  U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
  (2024-2025)
• 

  Ryan Beall '16

  Hon. Christopher M. Klein
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California
  (2016-2018)

• 

  Jamila G. Benkato '16

  Hon. David O. Carter
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2016-2017)
  
  Hon. Jacqueline H. Nguyen
  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2020-2021)

• Aaron Benmark '16

  Hon. Frederic Block
  U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  (2017-2018)

• 

  Justin Berchiolli '19

  Hon. Peter M. Reyes, Jr.
  Minnesota Court of Appeals
  (2019-2020)

  Hon. Kevin G. Ross
  Minnesota Court of Appeals
  (2020-2021)

• 

  Markie Betor '20

  Hon. Abbi Silver
  Nevada Supreme Court
  (2020-2021) 

• 

  Joseph Boniwell '13

  Hon. Christopher Klein
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California
  (2013-2015)

• 

  Jessica Brostek '16

  Hon. John C. Coughenour
  U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
  (2016-2017)

• 

  Jasper Burroughs '23

  Hon. Brian A. Jackson
  U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana
  (2023-2024)

• Katrina Carney '25

  Hon. John A. Mangloña
  Supreme Court of The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
  (2025-2027)

• 

  Nora Cassidy '17

  Hon. Bruce McGiverin
  U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico
  (2017-2018)

  Hon. Kim Wardlaw
  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2018-2019)

• 

  Denny Chan '12

  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2012-2013)
• 

  Christina Chen '13

  Hon. Christopher M. Klein
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California
  (2013-2014)

  Hon. Stephen R. Bough
  U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
  (2017-2018)

• Joy Chen '17

  Hon. Sheri Pym
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2017-2019)

• 

  Jennifer Chin '13

  Hon. Gonzalo P. Curiel
  U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
  (2013-2014)

• 

  Sheila Chen '15

  Hon. Roslyn O. Silver
  U.S. District Court, District of Arizona
  (2016-2017)

• 

  Laura Chun '23

  Hon. Christopher B. Latham
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of California
  (2024-2026)

• Brian M. Choc '14

  Hon. Richard F. Boulware II
  U.S. District Court, District of Nevada
  (2014-2015)
  
  Hon. Dan Aaron Polster 
  U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
  (2015-2017)

• Anne Conley '15

  Hon. Dean D. Pregerson
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2015-2016)

  Hon. Alex Kozinski (Ret.)
  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2016-2017)

• 

  Emily J. Cross '16

  Hon. Sidney R. Thomas
  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2016-2017)

• 

  Christopher Dalbey '12

  Hon. Bruce A. Markell (Ret.)
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Nevada
  (2012-2013)

  Hon. Andrew P. Gordon
  U.S. District Court, District of Nevada
  (2013-2014)

• 

  Coral del Mar Lopez '15

  Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpí
  U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico
  (2015-2016)

• Terrence Desouza '17

  Hon. H. Christopher Mott
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Texas
  (2017-2018)

  Hon. M. Elaine Hammond
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California
  (2018-2019)

• 

  Jeanne Detch '13

  Hon. Harris L. Hartz
  Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2013-2014)

  Hon. Jeffrey T. Miller
  U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
  (2014-2015)

  Hon. Marilyn L. Huff
  U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
  (2015-2016)

• 

  Tommy Du '15

  Hon. Otis D. Wright
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2018-2019)

• 

  Shannon Eagen '24

  Hon. John A. Kronstadt
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2024-2025)

• Carly Edelstein '13

  Hon. Eric L. Clay
  Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2013-2014)

• 

  JP Elberfeld '25

  Hon. Raymond Chen
  Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2026-2027)

• Anya Engel '16

  Hon. Carl E. Stewart
  Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2016-2017)
• 

  Dr. Pilar Margarita Hernández Escontrías '20

  Hon. Jennifer Sung
  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2022-2023)

• 

  Andrea Feathers '12

  Hon. Andrew J. Guilford (Ret.)
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2012-2013)

• 

  Alfred Hwang '24

  Hon. Otis D. Wright, II
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2025-2026)

• Daisy Ocampo Felt '15

  Hon. Joan H. Lefkow
  U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
  (2015-2016)

• 

  Abby Formella '18

  Hon. John C. Coughenour
  U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
  (2018-2019)
• 

  Ryan Ghassemi '24

  U.S. Court of International Trade
  (2024-2025)
• 

  Natalie Gould '23

  Hon. Rosanna Malouf Peterson
  U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington
  (2023-2024)

• Reed Grantham '13

  Hon. Maria M. Cabret
  Supreme Court of the U.S. Virgin Islands
  (2013-2014)

• 

  Robin Gray '17

  Hon. Virginia A. Phillips (Chief Judge)
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2018-2020)

• 

  Skyler Gray '14

  Hon. Joseph R. Goodwin
  U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia
  (2014-2015)
• 

  Bethool Zehra Haider '23

  Hon. Curtis Ivy, Jr.
  U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
  (2023-2024)

• 

  Mason Hattam '23

  Hon. Christy Criswell Wiegand
  U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
  (2024-2025)

• Ginger L. Grimes '15

  Hon. Daniel R. Foley (Ret.)
  Intermediate Court of Appeals, State of Hawai’i
  (2015-2016)

• Brian Hardingham '12

  Hon. Jane Stranch
  Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2015-2016)

  Hon. Cormac Carney
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2016-2017)

• Nicholas Hartmann '14

  Hon. Eric Clay
  Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2015-2016)

  Hon. Andrew J. Peck (Ret.)
  U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  (2016-2018)

• 

  Margaret Hinson '22

  Hon. Gregory Anderson
  Minnesota Judicial Branch
  5th Judicial District Blue Earth County
  (2022-2023)

• 

  Rachel Iida '23

  Hon. Douglas F. McCormick
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2024-2025)
• 

  Brandon Iskander '14

  Hon. Robert A. Gordon
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Maryland
  (2014-2015)

• 

  Lauren Kaplan '13

  Hon. George H. King (Ret.)
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2014-2015)

• 

  Aileen Kim '18

  Hon. Salvador Mendoza, Jr.
  U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington
  (2018-2019)

• 

  Samuel Thien Lam '12

  Hon. Thomas M. Reavley
  Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2012-2013)

• 

  Daniel Lammie '22

  Hon. Xavier Rodriguez
  U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
  (2023-2024)

• 

  Catriona Lavery '15

  Hon. Sidney R. Thomas
  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2015-2016)

  Hon. Bruce M. Selya
  First Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2016-2017)

• Jane Yoojung Lee '12

  Hon. Frances Tydingco-Gatewood
  U.S. District Court, District of Guam
  (2013-2015) 

  Hon. Stanley Boone and Hon. Erica Grosjean
  U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
  (2015-Present)

• 

  Samuel Leff '22

  Hon. Bruce J. McGiverin
  U.S District Court, District of Puerto Rico
  (2022-2023)

• Rodney Leggett '19

  Hon. Miranda Du
  U.S. District Court, District of Nevada
  (2020)

• 

  Laura Lively '17

  Hon. Sidney R. Thomas
  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2018-2019)

• 

  Sean Thomas Lobb '18

  Hon. John Early
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2018-2019)

  Hon. Andrew Guilford (Ret.)
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2019-2020)

• 

  Christine Luu '13

  Hon. Jon P. McCalla
  U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
  (2013-2014)

• Samrah Mahmoud '12

  Hon. Josephine L. Staton
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2012-2013)

• 

  Erna Mamikonyan '14

  Hon. Cormac J. Carney
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2014-2015)

• 

  Jonathan Markovitz '14

  Hon. John C. Coughenour
  U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
  (2014-2015)

• 

  Tim Martin '14

  Hon. Arthur J. Tarnow
  U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
  (2014-2016)

• 

  Quiyarra McCahey '20

  Hon. Colin Lindsay
  U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky
  (2020-2022)
• 

  Karsen Melgard '23

  Hon. Kevin Doyle
  U.S. District Court, District of Vermont
  (2023-2024)

• 

  Allyson Myers '21

  Hon. Robert B. Kugler
  U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
  (2022-2023)

• 

  Kellye Ng-McCullough '16

  Hon. Lawrence J. O’Neill; Hon. Dale A. Drozd
  U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
  (2019-2020)

• Chen Nisynboim '15

  Hon. James Dennis
  Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2015-2018)

• 

  Fernando Nunez '19

  Hon. J. Richard Creatura (Ret.)
  United States District Court, Western District of Washington
  (2021-2023)
• 

  Brianna O’Leary ‘24

  Hon. Goodwin Liu
  California Supreme Court
  (2025-2026)

  Hon. Susan Graber
  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2026-2027)

• 

  Brian Olney '13

  Hon. Margaret M. Morrow (Ret.)
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2013-2014)

  Hon. Stephen Reinhardt (deceased)
  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2014-2015)

• 

  Christine Park ’23

  Hon. Roopali H. Desai
  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2023-2024)

• 

  Grace Park '19

  Hon. Pedro Castillo
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2020-2022)

• Ronald Park '16

  Hon. Josephine L. Staton
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2016-2017)

  Hon. Jacqueline H. Nguyen
  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2017-2018)

• 

  Lisa Petak '14

  Hon. Otis D. Wright, II
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2015-2016)

• Ingrid Peterson '16

  Hon. James V. Selna
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2016-2017)

  Hon. Karen N. Moore
  Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2017-2018)

• 

  Katie Raitz '21

  Hon. Shashi H. Kewalramani
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2021-2022)

• Kyle Reynolds '15

  Hon. Richard L. Puglisi (Ret.)
  U.S. District Court, District of Hawai'i
  (2015-2016)

• 

  Katie Rice '19

  Hon. Robert C. Chambers
  U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia
  (2020-2021)
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  Ryan Riedmueller '23

  Hon. Anne R. Traum
  U.S. District Court, District of Nevada
  (2023-2024)
• 

  David Rodwin '12

  Hon. Andre Davis (Ret.)
  Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2012-2013)

  Hon. Catherine C. Blake
  U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
  (2013-2014)

• Emma Rosenberg '13

  Hon. Gary A. Feess (Ret.)
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2013-2014)
• 

  Joseph Roth '15

  Hon. Harry T. Edwards
  U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
  (2015-2016)

  Hon. Robert E. Bacharach
  Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2016-2017)

• 

  Ariela Rutbeck-Goldman '16

  Hon. Cheryl Pollak
  U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  (2017-2018)

  New York State Court of Appeals
  (2018-2020)

• 

  Elizabeth Schatz Cordero '23

  Hon. John H. Chun
  U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
  (2023-2024)

• Christine Schrottenbaum '18

  Hon. David Wiggins (Ret.)
  Iowa Supreme Court
  (2018-2019)

• Adam Sechooler '13

  Hon. John W. Holcomb
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2020-2021)

• 

  Isra Shah '12

  Hon. Catherine Bauer (Ret.)
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
  (2012-2014)

• 

  Cameron Sheldon '19

  Hon. Bradley A. Maxa
  Washington State Court of Appeals, Division II
  (2019-2021)
• 

  Akhil Sheth '13

  Hon. Andrew Guilford (Ret.)
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2015-2016)
  
  Hon. Consuelo Callahan
  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2021-2022)
• 

  Lori Speak '12

  Hon. Sarah Netburn
  U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  (2013-2014)

• 

  Jaclyn Stahl '13

  Hon. Morgan Christen
  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2013-2014)

• Al Staumont '21

  Hon. Jude Pate
  Alaska Superior Court, First Judicial District
  (2021-2022)
• 

  Jennifer Steeve '15

  Hon. Harry T. Edwards
  U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
  (2016-2017)

• 

  Paul Strickland '19

  Hon. Richard W. Pollack
  Supreme Court of Hawai’i
  (2019-2020)

• Phillip Syers '13

  Hon. Ivan L.R. Lemelle
  U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
  (2013-2014)

  Hon. Sandra L. Townes (Deceased)
  U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  (2016-2017)

  Hon. Mark G. Mastroianni
  U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
  (2017-2018)

• 

  Philip Tankovich '19

  Hon. Frances Tydingco-Gatewood
  U.S. District Court, District of Guam
  (2022-2023)
• 

  Miranda E. Tafoya '23

  Hon. Karen T. Nakasone
  Intermediate Court of Appeals, State of Hawai'i
  (2023-2025)
• 

  Delia Tasky '20

  Hon. Paul V. Niemeyer
  Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2021-2022)
• 

  Flor Tataje '12

  Hon. Maureen Tighe
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
  (2014-2015)

• J Abello Tharp '22

  U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Law Judges
  San Francisco, California
  (2022-2024)

• 

  Jesse Trujillo '22

  Hon. Paul R. Lyle
  Alaska Superior Court, Fourth Judicial District
  (2022-2023)
   
  U.S. Court of International Trade
  (2023-2025)

• Jennafer Tryck '12

  Hon. Dana Fabe (Ret.)
  Supreme Court of Alaska
  (2012-2013)

• 

  Anne Turner '15

  Hon. Roslynn R. Mauskopf
  U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  (2015-2016)

• Veronica Van Heel '24

  Hon. Frederick P. Corbit
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Washington
  (2024-2026)
• 

  Stephanie Vancil de Oliveira '19

  Hon. Dean E. Ochiai
  First Circuit Court (Oahu) Hawai'i
  (2019-2020)

  Hon. Richard Clifton
  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2020-2021)

• 

  Cindy Ventura '23

  Hon. Miguel A. Torres
  U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
  (2023-2024)
• 

  Annie Wang '24

  Hon. Dana A. Gutierrez
  Superior Court of Guam
  (2024-2025)

• Ronghua Wang '18

  Hon. Catherine Bauer
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
  (2018-2020)

  Hon. Mark D. Houle
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
  (2020)

• 

  Olivia Weber '17

  Hon. Christina Snyder
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2017-2018)

  Hon. Morgan B. Christen
  U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  (2018-2019)
• 

  Harrison Weimer '21

  Hon. Mark A. Kearney
  U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  (2022-2023)
• 

  Kaitlin Wetz '19

  Hon. Robert B. Kugler
  U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
  (2020-2021)

  Hon. Catharina Haynes 
  Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2021-2023)

• 

  David S. Wilson '22

  Hon. Jinsook Ohta
  U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
  (2023-2024)
• 

  Stefanie Wilson '14

  Hon. Harry T. Edwards
  U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
  (2014-2015)

• 

  Robert Winson '18

  Hon. David L. Horan
  U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas 
  (2018-2019)

• 

  Ari Yampolsky '12

  Hon. Jane Branstetter Stranch
  Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
  (2012-2013)

  Hon. Kevin Sharp (Ret.)
  U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee
  (2013-2014)

• Francis Yang '16

  Hon. Alia Moses
  U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
  (2016-2017)

• 

  Reed Zaiss '21

  Hon. Anne Hwang
  U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  (2025)