1. Michelle Taryn Friedland was born on July 4,1972 and is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
15 Facts About Michelle Friedland
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Michelle Friedland graduated from The Pingry School in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.
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Michelle Friedland received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology in 1995 from Stanford University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa.
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Michelle Friedland then studied philosophy at Wolfson College, Oxford, as a Fulbright Scholar, returning to California for law school.
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Michelle Friedland received a Juris Doctor in 2000 from Stanford Law School, graduating Order of the Coif and second in her class.
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Michelle Friedland served as a law clerk to Judge David Tatel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and then served as a law clerk to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the United States Supreme Court.
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Michelle Friedland completed a two-year lectureship at Stanford Law School before entering private practice.
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Michelle Friedland joined the firm in 2004 as an associate, becoming a partner in January 2010.
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Michelle Friedland has extensive litigation experience at the state and federal trial court and appellate levels, including litigating before the United States Supreme Court.
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Michelle Friedland frequently represented the University of California in cases involving constitutional issues.
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Michelle Friedland has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia Law School, teaching a course on constitutional issues in higher education.
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Michelle Friedland filled the seat that was vacated by Judge Raymond C Fisher, who assumed senior status on March 31,2013.
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Michelle Friedland received her judicial commission on April 29,2014.
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In Garcia v City of Los Angeles, decided on September 2,2021, Friedland ruled that the city of Los Angeles cannot seize and discard the "bulky items" of homeless individuals.
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On January 2,2024, Friedland wrote a dissent from denial of en banc in California Restaurant Association v City of Berkeley, a case where the original panel overturned the City of Berkeley's ban on natural gas in new buildings.