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Percy Anderson
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California | |
| Assumed office May 1, 2002 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Kim McLane Wardlaw |
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| Born | 1948 (age 75–76) Long Beach, California, U.S |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (AB, JD) |
Percy Anderson (born 1948) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Early life and education
Anderson received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1970, followed by a Juris Doctor from UCLA School of Law in 1975.
Career
From 1969 to 1972 he was a house advisor and later Assistant Dean of the UCLA Office of Housing. In 1972, he served as Auditor of the California Department of Finance. Anderson was a directing attorney for San Fernando Valley Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc., from 1975 to 1978, and was a lecturer at UCLA in 1977 and 1978. From 1979 to 1985, he was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California. From 1985 to 1996, Anderson was a partner at Bryan Cave.
Until his appointment to the District Court, Anderson worked at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal.
Judicial service
In 1992, he was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to serve as a United States District Judge for the Central District of California, but did not receive a Senate confirmation hearing.
Anderson was nominated by President George W. Bush on January 23, 2002, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Central District of California vacated by Kim McLane Wardlaw, who was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on August 3, 1998. Anderson was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 25, 2002, and received his commission on May 1, 2002.
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