Atsushi Wallace Tashima (Japanese: 田島 篤, born June 24, 1934) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He is the third Asian American and first Japanese American to be appointed to a United States Court of Appeals.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 22/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 394/year
California Central District Court · 1980–1996Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1996–2004
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- Asian American
Prior employment
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California1977–1980
- Amstar Corporation1968–1977
- ↳attorney, Spreckels Sugar Division · 1968–1972
- ↳general attorney and vice president · 1972–1977
State of CaliforniaDeputy attorney general · 1961–1967
U.S. Marine Corps sergeant1953–1956
Appointments
1996–2004 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
1980–1996 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1961- University of California, Los AngelesB.A. · 1958