Cynthia Holcomb Hall (February 19, 1929 – February 26, 2011) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Cynthia Holcomb Hall
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1929 in Los Angeles, CA
Died 2011 in Pasadena, CA
FJC ID: 944
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 14/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 275/year
California Central District Court · 1981–1984Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1984–2011
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
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Beverly Hills, California1966–1972
Office of Tax Legislative Counsel, U.S. Department of the TreasuryAttorney advisor · 1964–1966
Tax Division, U.S. Department of JusticeTrial attorney · 1960–1964- Tax Law ReviewResearch assistant to editor · 1959–1960
Law clerk , Hon. Richard Chambers · 1954–1955- U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant and law specialist1951–1953
Appointments
- 1984–2011 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
1981–1984 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.M. · 1960
LL.B. · 1954- Stanford UniversityA.B. · 1951