Confirmed

Professionally Diverse

Michelle Williams Court

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

NominatedApril 24, 2024

ConfirmedSeptember 18, 2024

  • 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.