Dianne Feinstein: “I submitted the name of Carlos Moreno to the President for appointment to the District Court from the Central District…”

“I submitted the name of Carlos Moreno to the President for appointment to the District Court from the Central District of California. In a sense, Madam President, I believe he is prototypical of really what a good Federal judge should bring to that office. Judge Moreno was born in East L.A., just 2 miles from the Federal courthouse where he will be serving. He has earned the respect and admiration of both the legal and the law community, and he has had 13 years of service on the State courts. He has strong bipartisan support, including the endorsements of the former Governor George Deukmejian and Los Angeles County Sheriff Sherman Block. As the chairman of the committee pointed out, he obtained his bachelor's degree from Yale in 1970 and his J.D. from Stanford in 1975. He began his legal career in the City Attorney's Office of Los Angeles where he worked for 4 years, from 1975 to 1979. He prosecuted numerous jury trials, misdemeanor prosecutions, and criminal and civil consumer protection cases.”