Alma mater

University of California-Davis

91 U.S. federal judges studied here. See where it ranks among law schools by judges produced.

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
Kathleen Rose O'Connor		Judge	1972
Mary Kathleen Butz		Associate Justice	1972
Alan Gail Perkins		Judge	1973
Paul William Grimm	B.A.	Judge	1973
Charles David Wachob		Judge	1974
Emily Elizabeth Vasquez		Judge	1974
Herbert Irwin Levy	Political Science, magna cum laude	Judge	1974
Joan Kathleen Irion	with high honors	Associate Justice	1974
Kenneth Carl Twisselman II		Judge	1974
Richard Morten Mallett		Judge	1974
David A. Cena	Political Science	Judge	1975
Gerrit Wardell Wood		Judge	1975
Jeffrey South Bostwick		Judge	1975
Delbert Calvin Gee		Judge	1977
Leslie Emil Brown		Judge	1977
Stephen W. Berrier		Judge	1977
Brian Sean Currey		Associate Justice	1978
Theresa J. Canepa	B.A. English	Judge	1978
Trena Hardin Burger-Plavan		Judge	1978
Daniel Geoffrey Lamborn		Judge	1979
Robert Alan Knox		Judge	1979
Matthew Phillip Guasco		Judge	1980
Antonino J. Agbayani Jr.		Judge	1981
Bruce E. Chan		Judge	1981
Roger C. Chan		Judge	1981
Virginia M. George	BA in Political Science - Public Service, Minor: English	Judge	1981
Daniel James Healy		Judge	1982
James G. Bertoli	Economics, with an emphasis in labor and agriculture	Judge	1982
Loretta Margaret Giorgi		Judge	1982
Richard Alan Vlavianos		Judge	1982
Roberta S. Hayashi		Judge	1982
Judy Holzer Hersher		Judge	1984
Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye	honors	Chief Justice	1984
Amy Christine Yerkey		Judge	1985
Brian Christophe Yep		Judge	1985
Colleen Marie Nichols-Chavez		Judge	1985
Julia Louise Scrogin		Judge	1986
Julianne Christina Sylva		Judge	1986
Katherine Louise Lucero	Political Science - Public Service	Judge	1986
Lawrence George Brown	B.A. Political Science - Public Service	Judge	1986
David Sanders		Judge	1987
Layne Hamilton Melzer	cum laude	Judge	1987
Louis Robert Keane Mauro		Associate Justice	1987
Timothy L. Fall		Judge	1987
Alvin M. Harrell III		Judge	1988
Dylan Marie Sullivan	Physiology	Judge	1988
John Phillip Devine		Judge	1988
Maureen Ann Folan		Judge	1988
Jeffrey Raymond Finigan	Agriculture	Judge	1989
Jennifer V. Dollard	Dramatic Art	Judge	1989
Rebecca Connolly Dlott		Judge	1989
Ross Charles Moody		Judge	1989
Wendy Getty		Judge	1989
Gary Michael Johnson		Judge	1990
David E. Goldstein	Political Science - Public Service	Judge	1991
Miranda Mai Du	B.A.	Judge	1991
Paul Chapao Chongseng Lo		Judge	1991
Shelyna V. Brown	Sociology, African American Studies	Judge	1992
Jared Daniel Moses		Judge	1993
Jonathan Keith Renner		Associate Justice	1993
Sonia Cortés	Political Science, Psychology	Judge	1993
My-Le Jacqueline Duong		Judge	1994
Stacy Boulware Eurie		Presiding Judge	1995
Victoria Diane Wood		Judge	1997
Michael Kulp Wendler	Political Science	Judge	1998
Nicole L. Isger		Judge	1998
Shama Hakim Mesiwala		Judge	1998
Sarah Judith Heidel		Judge	2000
Chad William Firetag		Judge	2001
Kira Lee Klatchko		Judge	2004
Lauri Ann Damrell		Judge	2005
Sean Phillip Dabel		Judge	2005
Ryan Thomas Holte		Judge	2008
Charles F. Adams		Judge	–
David Burgess Walgren		Judge	–
Hernaldo J. Baltodano		Judge	–
Jamie L. Pesce		Judge	–
Jennifer Kathryn Rockwell		Judge	–
Judy Johnson		Judge	–
Kaleb Vontress Cockrum		Judge	–
Kathleen A. Meehan		Associate Justice	–
Kellee Catherine Westbrook		Judge	–
Kenneth James Fernandez	Social Science	Judge	–
Linda D. Hurst		Judge	–
Michael G. Idiart		Judge	–
Paula A. Nakayama		Justice	–
Robert Brett Westbrook		Judge	–
Rubén Antonio Villalobos		Judge	–
Thomas E. Stevens		Judge	–
Timmy Pat Kam		Judge	–
Tom M. Dyer	Philosophy	Judge	–

Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Verify against the primary source before relying.