Bush Nominates California Resource Agency Member to Ninth Circuit
President Bush has nominated Sandra S. Ikuta to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal. Ikuta was recently appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger to serve as a member of the California Resources Agency. (Read the release here.)
Prior to serving as a member of the Resources Agency, Ikuta was a partner at the Los Angeles office of O’Melveny & Myers where she has practiced since 1990. She previously served as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She earned her law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and holds a Master of Science from Columbia University School of Journalism. She also has an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Ikuta, 49, is a resident of Los Angeles and a registered Republican.… Read More