Lawrence Joseph O'Neill


Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2, 2020
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
In office May 1, 2016 – December 31, 2019
Preceded by	Morrison C. England Jr.
Succeeded by	Kimberly J. Mueller
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
In office February 2, 2007 – February 2, 2020
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Oliver Winston Wanger
Succeeded by	Jennifer L. Thurston
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
In office 1999–2007

Personal details
Born	Lawrence Joseph O'Neill (1952-09-05) September 5, 1952 (age 72)^[1] Oakland, California, U.S.
Education	University of California, Berkeley (BA) Golden Gate University (MPA) University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (JD)

Legal offices
Preceded by Oliver Winston Wanger	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California 2007–2020	Succeeded by Jennifer L. Thurston
Preceded by Morrison C. England Jr.	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California 2016–2019	Succeeded by Kimberly J. Mueller

v t e Senior district judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Alaska	Holland Singleton Sedwick Beistline Burgess
Arizona	McNamee Silver Zapata Collins Bolton Teilborg Martone Jorgenson Bury Campbell Wake Snow Rayes Soto
C. California	Hatter Marshall Keller Pregerson Snyder Phillips Selna Carney Fischer Fairbank Wu Kronstadt
E. California	Shubb Burrell Ishii O'Neill Mendez Mueller
N. California	Henderson Armstrong Wilken Chesney Illston Breyer Alsup Hamilton White Davila Chen Orrick
S. California	Huff Moskowitz Miller Whelan Lorenz Hayes Houston Benitez Anello Battaglia Curiel
Hawaii	Ezra Gillmor Mollway Seabright Kobayashi
Idaho	Lodge Winmill
Montana	Molloy Haddon
Nevada	McKibben Hunt Dawson Mahan Jones
Oregon	Marsh Jones Haggerty Aiken Brown Mosman Hernandez
E. Washington	Nielsen Whaley Shea Suko Peterson
W. Washington	Rothstein Coughenour Dimmick Bryan Zilly Lasnik Pechman Martinez Robart Settle Jones
Guam	None
N. Mariana Islands	Munson

Early life and education

Career