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Serena Murillo
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office January 9, 2025
Appointed by	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Cormac J. Carney
Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court
In office January 5, 2015 – January 9, 2025
Personal details
Born	Serena Raquel Murillo 1970 (age 54–55) Pomona, California, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of California, San Diego (BA) Loyola Marymount University (JD)

Serena Raquel Murillo (born 1970) is an American lawyer who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. She previously served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court.

Early life and education

Murillo was born in Pomona, California. She is a graduate of Chino High School. Murillo received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, San Diego in 1993 and a Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School in 1996.

Career

In 1996, she worked as a law clerk at Shernoff, Bidart, and Echeverria in Claremont, California and in 1997 she worked as an associate attorney at McNicholas & McNicholas in Los Angeles. From 1997 to 2014, she was a Deputy District Attorney in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. From 2015 to 2025, she served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court. From 2018 to 2019, she was an associate justice pro tem on the California Court of Appeal after being appointed by then Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye.

Federal judicial service

On October 23, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Murillo to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. On November 18, 2024, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Murillo to the seat vacated by Judge Cormac J. Carney, who assumed senior status on May 31, 2024. On November 20, 2024, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On December 12, 2024, her nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 party-line vote. On December 20, 2024, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 49–47 vote. Later that day, her nomination was confirmed by a 49–47 vote. She received her judicial commission on January 9, 2025.

Personal life

Murillo's sister, Tiana, is also a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court, serving since 2022.

See also

• List of Hispanic and Latino American jurists

References

1. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 18, 2024.
2. "JUDICIAL ELECTIONS: Los Angeles Superior Court Office No. 69". Metropolitan News-Enterprise. April 15, 2008.
3. "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees". United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
4. "Murillo, Serena". USC Gould School of Law. August 26, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
5. ^ Munoz, Briana (June 25, 2022). "Chino sisters are Los Angeles County Superior Court judges". Champion Newspapers. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
6. ^ "President Biden Names Fifty-Fifth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. October 23, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
7. "Biden nominates federal judges to courts in Santa Ana and San Diego". www.dailyjournal.com. October 24, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
8. "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. November 20, 2024.
9. "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 12, 2024" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. December 12, 2024. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
10. "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Serena Raquel Murillo to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California)". United States Senate. December 20, 2024. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
11. "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Serena Raquel Murillo, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California)". United States Senate. December 20, 2024. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
12. Serena Murillo at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

External links

• Serena Murillo at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Serena Murillo at Ballotpedia

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• Judges of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
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