Manuel Lawrence Real (January 27, 1924 – June 26, 2019) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California from 1966 until his death in 2019. He was appointed in 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Manuel Lawrence Real
California Central District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Born 1924 in San Pedro, CA
Died 2019 in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
FJC ID: 1973
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 18/year
California Central District Court · 1966–2019
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
- Hispanic
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1981–1984
U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California1964–1966- Private practice, San Pedro, California1955–1964
- Southern District of CaliforniaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1952–1955
- U.S. Naval Reserve1943–1945
Appointments
1966–2019 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLL.B. · 1951
- University of Southern CaliforniaB.S. · 1948
- University of Southern CaliforniaB.S. · 1944