Jesus Bernal's Biography
- Judge of the U.S. District Court - Central
Contact Information
Office
First Street United States Courthouse
350 West 1st Street, Suite 4311
Los Angeles, CA 90012-4565
George E. Brown, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse
3470 12th Street
Riverside, CA 92501-3801
Ronald Reagan Federal Building and United States Courthouse
411 West 4th Street, Room 1053
Santa Ana, CA 92701-4516
255 East Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012-3332
Full Name:
Jesus Gilberto Bernal
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
1963
Birth Place:
Culican, Sinaloa, Mexico
JD, School of Law, Stanford University, 1986-1989
BA, Yale University, 1982-1986
No political experience information on file.
No caucus information on file.
Judge, United States District Court, Central District of California, 2012-present
Chief of Trials, Los Angeles Office, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Central District of California, 2012
Directing Attorney, Riverside Branch Office, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Central District of California, 2006-2012
Nominated by President Barack Obama, Judge, United States District Court, Central District of California, April 25, 2012
Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Central District of California, December 11, 2012
Deputy Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Central District of California, 1996-2006
Litigation Associate, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, 1991-1996
Law Clerk, Honorable David. V. Kenyon, United States District Court, Central District of California, 1989-1991
Associate, Hufstedler, Miller, Kaus & Beardsley, 1988
Associate, McKenna, Conner & Cuneo, 1987
Board of Directors Member/Chapter Secretary, Federal Bar Association, Inland Empire Chapter
Member, Board of Directors, Mexican American Bar Foundation, 1998-2001
Member, Board of Directors, Proyecto Pastoral at Dolores Mission, 1996-1998