HONORABLE A. WALLACE TASHIMA
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
125 South Grand Avenue
PO Box 91510
Pasadena, California 91109-1510
(626) 583-7374

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (LOS ANGELES), BA
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, LL.B.

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT 1996 - present
Judge Pasadena, CA

U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 1980 - 1996
Judge Pasadena, CA

MORRISON & FOERSTER 1977 - 1980
Partner Los Angeles, CA

AMSTAR CORPORATION
Corporate Counsel Los Angeles, CA

ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Deputy Attorney General Los Angeles, CA

RELATED EXPERIENCE

PUBLICATIONS: Co-author, “Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial,” 1989 (and updated annually); author, “The Revolution in Federal Civil Jury Selection,” Litigation, Fall, 1992; author, “A Modest Proposal to Revise the Federal Magistrates Act,” 144 F.R.D. 429 (1993).

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Member, California Committee of Bar Examiners; Former Chair, Civil Justice Reform Act Committee, Central district Court of California; Former member (1992-95) and Chair (1992-96), Executive Committee, Ninth Circuit Judicial conference; Former Chair, Central District of California Rules Committee; Trial Jurist of the Year Award, Los Angeles County Bar Association (1995-96).

ISDLS PARTICIPATION: Delegate to Egypt, China, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

OTHER INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: USIA Lecturer on U.S. Constitution in Japan and Myanmar (Burma).