- Judge Michelle Williams Court was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on September 18, 2024.
- Previously, she was a judge on the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County, a role she had had since 2012.
- She is also a supervising judge in the Court’s civil division.
- Previously, Judge Court worked as an attorney and later vice president and general counsel at Bet Tzedek Legal Services from 2002 to 2011.
- Judge Court worked as a senior associate at Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach from 2000 to 2002.
- She was a fellow and civil rights specialist at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1999 to 2000
- She was a litigation associate at Litt & Marquez from 1995 to 1999
- She worked as a project attorney at the ACLU of Southern California from 1994 to 1995
- Judge Court received her J.D. from Loyola Law School in 1993 and her B.A. from Pomona College in 1988.