Cormac J. Carney

Cormac J. Carney
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office April 9, 2003
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Carlos R. Moreno
Judge of the Superior Court of Orange County
In office 2001–2003
Appointed by	Gray Davis
Personal details
Born	1959 Detroit, Michigan
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles (B.A.) Harvard Law School (J.D.)

Cormac J. Carney (born 1959) is a United States federal judge.

Early life and education

Carney was born in Detroit, Michigan to Irish immigrant parents.^[1] He was raised in Long Beach, California, where he attended St. Anthony High School.^[1] Carney received a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1983 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1987. He attended the U.S. Air Force Academy for one year before transferring to UCLA.

College football career

Carney was a wide receiver on the UCLA Bruins football team. During his three years with the Bruins, he was the team leader in receiving each year and had a 3.51 grade point average in psychology.

For his outstanding performances on the football field, he was named to the GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America football team and to the All-Pacific-10 Conference teams in 1981 and 1982. He was the Bruins' all-time leading receiver with over 100 receptions for nearly 2,000 yards when UCLA was 26-7-2. The Bruins were rated as high as #5 in the national polls. Carney's highlight at UCLA was when the team beat Michigan in the 1983 Rose Bowl.

He played for one year on the Memphis Showboats USFL team, before entering Harvard Law School.

Legal and judicial career

Carney was in private practice for two firms in Los Angeles, California for 15 years. From 2001 to 2003, he was a judge on the California Superior Court in Orange County, appointed to the post by then Governor Gray Davis.

On January 7, 2003, Carney was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Central District of California vacated by Carlos R. Moreno. Carney was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 7, 2003, and received his commission on April 9, 2003. At the district court, Carney has handled complex civil and criminal matters, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, securities, business finance, civil rights, drug conspiracies and white collar crime.

In 2005, Carney was inducted into the College Sports Information Director's of America Academic All-America Hall of Fame.

He and wife Mary have two children, Colin and Michelle.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Zimmerman, Martin (December 16, 2009). "Judge in Broadcom case retains his elusive streak". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2009/dec/16/business/la-fi-broadcom-carney16-2009dec16. Retrieved August 14, 2011. 
2. ^ "Cormac Carney To Be Inducted into CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame". UCLABruins.com. June 24, 2005. http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/062405aaa.html. Retrieved August 14, 2011. 

External links

• Cormac J. Carney at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Persondata
Name	Carney, Cormac J.
Alternative names
Short description	United States federal judge
Date of birth	1959
Place of birth	Detroit, Michigan
Date of death
Place of death