A. Wallace Tashima

Wallace Tashima
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In office
January 4, 1996  June 30, 2004
Appointed by Bill Clinton
Preceded by Arthur Alarcon
Succeeded by Milan Smith
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
In office
June 30, 1980  January 4, 1996
Appointed by Jimmy Carter
Preceded by Warren Ferguson
Succeeded by Dean Pregerson
Personal details
Born (1934-06-24) June 24, 1934
Santa Maria, California, U.S.
Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles
Harvard Law School

Atsushi Wallace Tashima (born June 24, 1934) is the third Asian American and first Japanese American to be appointed to a United States Court of Appeals.

Early life

Tashima was born in 1934 in Santa Maria, California, to Yasutaro and Aya Tashima.[1] He is Nisei Japanese American. During World War II he was interned at the Poston War Relocation Center in Arizona, an internment camp for Japanese Americans. After the war his family moved to Southern California. He lived in Boyle Heights, graduating from Roosevelt High School in East Los Angeles. From 1953 to 1956, Tashima served in the United States Marine Corps, and was honorably discharged with the rank of sergeant. He received a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1958, and an LL.B. from the Harvard Law School in 1961.[2]

Career

Upon graduation from law school, from 1962 to 1968, Tashima became the Deputy State Attorney General for the State of California. He then joined the Amstar Corporation as an attorney in its Spreckels Sugar Division (1968–1972) and then as the general attorney and vice president of Amstar from 1972 to 1977. Tashima returned to private practice in 1977, as a partner at Morrison & Foerster, in Los Angeles.[2]

In 1980, President Jimmy Carter nominated Tashima to a seat on the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Tashima served for fifteen years on the district court before he was elevated by President Bill Clinton to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1996. Tashima assumed senior status on June 30, 2004.

Personal life

Tashima is married and has three children and three grandchildren. He resides in Los Angeles. He is the father of Academy Award-winning filmmaker and actor, Chris Tashima.[3]

Awards

References

  1. Judicial Conference of the United States. Bicentennial Committee (1978). Judges of the United States. The Committee : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
  2. 1 2 "JA jurists profiled by JACL, Downtown LA Chapter". downtown-los-angeles-jacl.org. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
  3. Conference review by Greg Robinson on IsThatLegal.org - 11/9/04
  4. Tashima resume on ISDLS website

Sources

Legal offices
Preceded by
Warren Ferguson
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
1980–1996
Succeeded by
Dean Pregerson
Preceded by
Arthur Alarcon
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1996–2004
Succeeded by
Milan Smith
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