Speaker for April 21, 2015
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on Apr 17, 2015
Judge Morrison C. England, Jr., was nominated by President George W. Bush to the position of United States District Court Judge, Eastern District of California on March 21, 2002. He was confirmed by the United States Senate to that position on August 1, 2002 and received his commission and assumed the office on August 2, 2002. He assumed the position of Chief Judge of the Eastern District of California on November 1, 2012.
Judge England was previously appointed by Governor Pete Wilson as a Sacramento Municipal Court Judge on August 7, 1996. Governor Wilson elevated him to the Sacramento Superior Court on August 22, 1997. His Superior Court assignment was as a General Trial Court which handled both criminal and civil matters. Judge England also spent time in the Juvenile Division of the Superior Court presiding over both dependency and delinquency matters. In addition to his courtroom duties, Judge England was the chair of the Superior Court’s Technology Committee and was a member of the Superior Court’s Executive Committee. Before coming to the Sacramento Superior Court, he was a partner with the firm of Quattrin, Johnson, Campora & England.
Judge England is currently a member of the Criminal Rules Advisory Committee for the United States, a member of the Board of Regents for the University of the Pacific, and a member of the Executive Committee and Past President of the Anthony M. Kennedy Inn of Court. Judge England has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, CA. He was also a member of the Alumni Board of Directors for McGeorge School of Law as well as Vice President and member of the Executive Board of the California Judge’s Association.
Judge England was a member of the Judge Advocate Generals Corps for the United States Army Reserve from 1988 through 2002 and held the rank of Major. Judge England’s military service ended upon his confirmation as a United States District Court Judge.
Judge England was named “Judge of the Year” in 2014 by the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) as well as in 2007 by the Sacramento County Bar Association and in 2006 by the Capitol City Trial Lawyers.