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  Welcoming Remarks

Carlos R. Moreno
California Supreme Court Associate Justice

Justice Moreno was sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California on October 18, 2001. Justice Moreno has served as President of the Mexican American Bar Association and on the Board of Visitors of Stanford Law School and the Board of Governors of the Association of Yale Alumni. He is a Director of the Arroyo Vista Family Health Center and a former President of the Yale Club of Southern California. Justice Moreno received his B.A. degree from Yale (1970) and law degree from Stanford Law School (1975).

Justice Moreno began his career as a deputy city attorney with the Los Angeles City Attorney's office, prosecuting criminal and civil consumer protection cases and handling politically sensitive and legislative matters as special counsel to the city attorney. He then entered private practice in 1979, handling general commercial litigation, until he was appointed to the Municipal Court, Compton Judicial District. In October 1993, he was elevated to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, where he was assigned to preside over felony trials in the Criminal Courts Building in downtown Los Angeles. In February 1998, Justice Moreno was unanimously confirmed to the United States District Court for the Central District of California by the United States Senate.