Anthony W. Ishii

Anthony Wayne Ishii


Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office October 31, 2012
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
In office 2008–2012
Preceded by	Garland Ellis Burrell Jr.
Succeeded by	Morrison C. England Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
In office October 14, 1997 – October 31, 2012
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Robert Everett Coyle
Succeeded by	Dale A. Drozd

Personal details
Born	Anthony Wayne Ishii 1946 (age 70–71) Santa Ana, California
Education	Reedley Junior College (A.S.) University of the Pacific (Pharm.D.) UC Berkeley School of Law (J.D.)

Anthony Wayne Ishii (born 1946) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Education and career

Born in Santa Ana, California, Ishii received an Associate of Science degree from Reedley Junior College in 1966, a Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of the Pacific School of Pharmacy in 1970, and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1973. He was a deputy in the City Attorney's Office of Sacramento, California in 1975, and a deputy public defender, Public Defender's Office, County of Fresno, California in 1979. He was in private practice in Fresno, California from 1979 to 1983. He was a Justice Court judge, Parlier-Selma Judicial District, County of Fresno, California from 1983 to 1993, and a Municipal Court judge, Central Valley Municipal Court, County of Fresno, California from 1994 to 1997.

On February 12, 1997, Ishii was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California vacated by Robert E. Coyle. Ishii was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 9, 1997, and received his commission on October 14, 1997, becoming the first Asian Pacific American judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.^[1] He served as chief judge from 2008 to 2012. He took senior status on October 31, 2012.

In 2013 Ishii received the President’s Award from the Asian/Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento.^[2]

↑ Hong, Laura Kingsley (November 1999). "Advocacy for Justice". ABA Journal. 85 (11): 72.
↑ United States Courts for the Ninth Circuit 2013 Annual Report

Legal offices
Preceded by Robert Everett Coyle	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California 1997–2012	Succeeded by Dale A. Drozd
Preceded by Garland Ellis Burrell Jr.	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California 2008–2012	Succeeded by Morrison C. England Jr.

Current senior district judges of the Ninth Circuit
Alaska	Holland Singleton Sedwick Beistline
Arizona	Rosenblatt Strand McNamee Silver Zapata Bolton Teilborg Martone Bury Wake
C. California	Hatter Marshall Keller Lew Pregerson Fairbank Snyder
E. California	Shubb Burrell Ishii
N. California	Henderson Armstrong Whyte Wilken Chesney Illston Breyer Fogel
S. California	Enright Miller Whelan Lorenz Huff
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E. Washington	Quackenbush Nielsen Van Sickle Whaley Shea Suko
W. Washington	McGovern Rothstein Coughenour Dimmick Bryan Zilly Lasnik Pechman Robart
Guam	Unpingco
N. Mariana Islands	Munson

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 103084024

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