Atsushi Wallace Tashima

Professional career

• Deputy Attorney General of California (1961–1967)
• Attorney in the Spreckels Sugar Division of Amstar Corporation (1968–1972)
• General Attorney and Vice President of Amstar (1972–1977)
• Private practice, Los Angeles, CA, 1977-1980
• general attorney and vice president, 1972-1977
• attorney, Spreckels Sugar Division, 1968-1972
• Amstar Corporation, 1968-1977
• Deputy attorney general, State of California, 1961-1967
• U.S. Marine Corps sergeant, 1953-1956

Judicial service

• Judge, District Court, C.D. California, 1980-1996
• Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1996-2004
• Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: Nominated by President Bill Clinton on April 6, 1995, confirmed January 2, 1996, and assumed senior status on June 30, 2004.
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of California: Appointed by President Jimmy Carter on May 9, 1980, confirmed by the Senate on June 26, 1980, and served until January 8, 1996.
• He is the third Asian American and first Japanese American appointed to a U.S. Court of Appeals.
• Current Role: Senior Judge, Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Notable Fact: First Japanese American on the U.S. Court of Appeals.

Education

• Harvard University · LL.B., 1961
• University of California, Los Angeles
• Theodore Roosevelt High School

Personal record

Born 1934 · Santa Maria, CA