Mónica Ramírez Almadani (born 1979) is an American lawyer who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California since 2023. She was the president and CEO of Public Counsel, a pro bono law firm, from 2021 to 2023.
Monica Ramirez Almadani
California Central District Court
Born 1979 in Los Angeles, CA
FJC ID: 13761346
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- Hispanic
Prior employment
- Public Counsel, Los Angeles, CaliforniaPresident and chief executive officer · 2021–2023
- Immigrant Rights Clinic, University of California, Irvine School of LawVisiting assistant clinical professor of law and co-director · 2019–2021
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California2017–2019
State of CaliforniaSpecial assistant attorney general · 2015–2017- Central District of CaliforniaAssistant U.S. attorney · 2012–2015
- U.S. Department of Justice2009–2012
- ↳counsel to the assistant attorney general, Civil Rights Division · 2009–2011
- ↳senior counsel and deputy chief of staff to the deputy attorney general · 2011–2012
- American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, San Francisco, CaliforniaImmigrants' Rights Project · 2005–2009
- ↳Equal Justice Works Fellow · 2005–2007
- ↳staff attorney · 2007–2009
Law clerk , Hon. Warren J. Ferguson · 2004–2005
Appointments
2023–present · Appointed by Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 2004- Harvard UniversityA.B. · 2001