Leondra Kruger

Leondra Kruger
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California
Assumed office
January 5, 2015
Appointed by Jerry Brown
Preceded by Joyce L. Kennard
Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States
Acting
In office
May 17, 2010 – June 9, 2011
President Barack Obama
Preceded by Neal Katyal
Succeeded by Neal Katyal
Personal details
Born (1976-07-28) July 28, 1976
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater Harvard University
Yale University

Leondra Reid Kruger (born July 28, 1976) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California, the court's youngest appointee;[1] and a former Obama administration official.

Early life and education

Born in the Los Angeles area,[2] Kruger grew up in South Pasadena, California and is the daughter of two pediatricians. She attended Polytechnic School in Pasadena, California.[2] She then earned degrees from Harvard University and Yale Law School, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law Journal.[3] In the summer of 1999, she interned at the United States attorney's office in Los Angeles. In 2000, she worked as a summer associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson.[3]

Professional career

Kruger worked as an associate at the Jenner & Block law firm from 2001 until 2002. She then worked as a law clerk for Judge David Tatel on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2002 until 2003. Kruger then clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens from 2003 until 2004.[1][4]

From 2004 until 2006, Kruger was an associate at WilmerHale's predecessor, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr. She then was a visiting assistant professor in 2007 at the University of Chicago Law School.

From 2007 until 2013, Kruger was an assistant to the United States Solicitor General and the acting principal deputy solicitor general.[4]

In 2013, Kruger became a deputy assistant attorney general at the United States Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel.[1]

On November 24, 2014, California Gov. Jerry Brown announced that he is appointing Kruger to the California Supreme Court.[2] She was confirmed on December 29, 2014 and would replace Justice Joyce L. Kennard.[5] She was sworn in on January 5, 2015.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Expected California Supreme Court nominee Leondra Kruger a 'mind blower'". Los Angeles Times. November 24, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gov. Jerry Brown names Obama administration lawyer to California Supreme Court". sacbee.
  3. 1 2 "Leondra R. Kruger appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to state Supreme Court". Los Angeles Times. November 24, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Background of court nominee Leondra Kruger". The San Diego Union-Tribune.
  5. ↑ "California Supreme Court: Leondra Kruger easily confirmed as new justice". mercurynews.com.
  6. ↑ "GOVERNOR BROWN TO SWEAR IN MARIANO-FLORENTINO CUÉLLAR AND LEONDRA KRUGER TO THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT". 22 December 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2015.

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Preceded by
Joyce L. Kennard		 Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California
2015–present 		Incumbent
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