Stephen Spangler Trott (born December 12, 1939) is an inactive Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 15/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 571/year
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1988–2004
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
- White
Prior employment
U.S. Department of JusticeAssociate attorney general · 1986–1988- Criminal Division, U.S. Department of JusticeAssistant attorney general · 1983–1986
- U.S. attorney for the Central District of California1981–1983
- Los Angeles County, CaliforniaDeputy district attorney · 1966–1981
- ↳chief deputy district attorney · 1975–1979
Appointments
1988–2004 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Education
LL.B. · 1965- Wesleyan UniversityB.A. · 1962