U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
United States Magistrate Judge, appointed March 19, 2026
University of the Pacific–McGeorge School of Law, J.D., 2003
2009-2026U.S. Department of Justice – Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C.
2005-2009Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP, Palo Alto, CA
2005Law Clerk, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, Sacramento, CA
Frank J. Singer was appointed as a magistrate judge in the Fresno Division of the Eastern District of California on March 19, 2026. Judge Singer presides over a large variety of federal matters. Judge Singer also conducts settlement conferences.
Prior to taking the bench, Judge Singer was a trial attorney, then senior trial attorney, and ultimately a senior litigation counsel with the Natural Resources Section of the Justice Department’s Environment & Natural Resources Division. There, Judge Singer focused on trial work and litigated a wide range of matters, including Fifth Amendment takings cases, tribal trust cases, and challenges to governmental action under the Administrative Procedure Act. Judge Singer also frequently taught courses on civil litigation at the Justice Department’s National Advocacy Center.
Before joining the Justice Department, Judge Singer practiced general commercial civil litigation in Palo Alto, California, and environmental civil litigation in Sacramento, California, with private law firms. Judge Singer also served as a term law clerk to the Hon. Garland E. Burrell, Jr., of the Eastern District of California.
Judge Singer attended the University of the Pacific – McGeorge School of Law and graduated in 2003 with great distinction. Judge Singer was recognized as the outstanding graduating senior of his class and was inducted into the Order of the Coif and the Order of the Barristers. Judge Singer participated in moot court and was a staff writer for the McGeorge Law Review. While attending law school, Judge Singer worked full-time as a public lands management specialist with the California State Lands Commission. Judge Singer earned his undergraduate degree in economics at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.