George H. King (judge)
The Hon. George H. King (born 1951) is the Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Judge King was born in Shanghai, China. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1971 and a J.D. from the University of Southern California Law School in 1974. He was in private practice in Los Angeles, California from 1974 to 1975. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California from 1975 to 1979. Judge King returned to private practice from 1979 to 1986. At the same time, he acted as a hearing examiner for the Los Angeles Police Commission from 1980 to 1982.
In 1987, Judge King became a United States Magistrate Judge for the Central District of California. On April 27, 1995, President Bill Clinton nominated Judge King to be a District Court Judge for the Central District of California, a new seat created by statute. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 30, 1995, and received his commission the same day. He became Chief Judge on September 14, 2012.
Sources
- George H. King at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Chinese emigrants to the United States
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
- United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
- United States magistrate judges
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- University of Southern California Law School alumni