Gonzalo Paul Curiel

Judge Gonzalo Paul Curiel

Personal

Birthday:

1953

Birthplace:

East Chicago, IN

Race or Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Dyer, Indiana, 1979-1986
Private practice, Monterey, California, 1986-1989
Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of California, 1989-2002; deputy chief, Narcotics Enforcement Section, 1996-1997, 1998-1999; attorney detailed to Office of International Affairs, U.S. Department of Justice, 1997-1998;
chief, Narcotics Enforcement Section, 1999-2002
Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 2002-2006
Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, 2006-2012

Education

Name of School:

Indiana University

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1976

Name of School - Second:

Indiana University Maurer School of Law - Bloomington

For more than 150 years, the Indiana University School of Law has provided top-flight, transformative legal education. With just over 750 students, drawn from more than 100 undergraduate schools and from three continents, Indiana Law retains a distinctive sense of collegiality and community in the stimulating, cosmopolitan college town of Bloomington, Ind.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1979

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Southern District of California

Court Name:

California Southern District Court

President Nominating:

Barack Obama

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

10/1/2012