Senior Judge Stephen Victor Wilson was appointed to the Central District of California by President Ronald Reagan in 1985.
Wilson received his undergraduate degree from Lehigh University and his law degree from Brooklyn Law School, later earning an LL.M. from George Washington University. He served as a trial attorney in the Tax Division of the Department of Justice and then as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles before entering private practice in Beverly Hills. He also taught as an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School.
Education
- George Washington University Law School, LL.M., 1973
- Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1967
- Lehigh University, B.A., 1963
Career
- Trial attorney, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1968–1971
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, Central District of California, 1971–1977 (Chief, Fraud and Special Prosecutions Section, 1973–1977)
- Adjunct professor, Loyola Law School, 1975–1979
- Private practice, Beverly Hills, California, 1977–1985
- U.S. District Judge, Central District of California, 1985–present