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Dorothy Wright Nelson

Dorothy Wright Nelson

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1928 in San Pedro, CA

FJC ID: 1742

Dorothy Wright Nelson (born September 30, 1928) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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Gender
Female
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. University of Southern California Law School
    Adjunct professor of law · 1980–present
  2. University of Southern California Law School
    Faculty · 1957–1980
    • ↳instructor · 1957–1958
    • ↳assistant professor · 1958–1961
    • ↳associate professor · 1961–1967
    • ↳associate dean · 1965–1967
    • ↳interim dean · 1967–1969
    • ↳professor · 1967–1980
    • ↳dean · 1969–1980
  3. Private practice, Los Angeles, California
    1954–1957
  4. University of Southern California Law School
    Research associate fellow · 1953–1956

Appointments

  1. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    1979–1995 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)

Education

  1. University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law)
    LL.M. · 1956
  2. University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law
    J.D. · 1953
  3. University of California, Los Angeles
    A.B. · 1950