Kim McLane Wardlaw

Kim Anita McLane Wardlaw (born July 2, 1954) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 1998. She is the first Hispanic American woman to be appointed to a federal appeals court. Wardlaw was considered as a possible candidate to be nominated by Barack Obama to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Kim McLane Wardlaw
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Assumed office
August 3, 1998
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byJ. Clifford Wallace
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
In office
December 26, 1995  August 3, 1998
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byDavid Vreeland Kenyon
Succeeded byPercy Anderson
Personal details
Born
Kim Anita McLane

(1954-07-02) July 2, 1954
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseWilliam Wardlaw
Children2
Parent
  • Soledad Jiménez McLane (mother)
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BA, JD)
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