Cindy K. Jorgenson

Cindy K. Jorgenson


Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona
Incumbent
Assumed office March 6, 2002
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	New seat
Personal details
Born	1953 (age 62–63) Fort Ord, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Arizona

Cindy Kelly Jorgenson (born 1953) is a District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. She joined the court in 2002 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.

Early life and education

Born in Fort Ord, California, Jorgenson received a B.S. from the University of Arizona in 1974 and a J.D. from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1977.

Legal career

Following law school graduation, Jorgenson was a deputy county attorney in the Pima County, Arizona County Attorney's Office from 1977 to 1986. She was then an assistant United States Attorney of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona from 1986 to 1996. She was a judge on the Pima County Superior Court from 1996 to 2002.

Federal judicial career

On September 10, 2001, Jorgenson was nominated by President George W. Bush to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona created by 113 Stat. 1501. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 26, 2002, and received her commission on March 6, 2002.

Sources

Cindy K. Jorgenson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

References

Legal offices
Preceded by new seat	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona 2002–present	Incumbent

Current active district judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Alaska	Burgess Gleason 1 seat vacant

Arizona	Collins Jorgenson Campbell Snow Zipps Logan Tuchi Humetewa Márquez Rayes Soto 2 seats vacant

C. California	Phillips Real Wilson King Carter Anderson Walter Klausner Otero Selna Carney Fischer Guilford Gutierrez Wright Wu Gee Staton Kronstadt Fitzgerald Bernal Olguin O'Connell Birotte 4 seats vacant

E. California	O'Neill England Mendez Mueller Nunley Drozd

N. California	Hamilton Alsup White Seeborg Koh Davila Chen Rogers Tigar Orrick Donato Freeman Chhabria Gilliam

S. California	Moskowitz Burns Sabraw Hayes Houston Benitez Sammartino Anello Battaglia Bencivengo Curiel Bashant 1 seat vacant

Hawaii	Seabright Kobayashi Watson 1 seat vacant

Idaho	Winmill 1 seat vacant

Montana	Christensen Morris Watters

Nevada	Navarro Mahan Du Gordon Dorsey Boulware 1 seat vacant

Oregon	Mosman Aiken Brown Hernandez Simon McShane

E. Washington	Rice Peterson Bastian Mendoza Jr.

W. Washington	Martinez Leighton Jones Settle 3 seats vacant

Guam	Tydingco-Gatewood

N. Mariana Islands	Manglona

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