Judge Fernando M. Olguin was appointed to the Central District of California by President Barack Obama in 2013. He previously served as a U.S. magistrate judge in the same district for 11 years.
Olguin was born in 1961 in Los Angeles. He graduated cum laude from Harvard University and earned his J.D. and M.A. from UC Berkeley (Boalt Hall). He clerked for Judge Carl S. Muecke in the District of Arizona, served as a DOJ trial attorney, worked as education program director at MALDEF, and was a partner at Traber, Voorhees & Olguin before being appointed as a magistrate judge in 2001.
Education
- University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), J.D. and M.A., 1989
- Harvard University, B.A., 1985 (cum laude)
Career
- Law clerk, Judge Carl S. Muecke, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona
- Trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 1991–1994
- Education Program Director, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), 1994–1995
- Partner, Traber, Voorhees & Olguin, 1995–2001
- U.S. Magistrate Judge, Central District of California, 2001–2012
- U.S. District Judge, Central District of California, 2013–present