George H. King

George H. King


Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
In office September 14, 2012 – June 30, 2016
Preceded by	Audrey B. Collins
Succeeded by	Virginia A. Phillips
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 1995
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089
Personal details
Born	1951 (age 64–65) Shanghai, China
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles USC Gould School of Law

George Herbert King (born 1951) is a District Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Judge King was born in Shanghai, China. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1971 and a J.D. from the University of Southern California School of Law in 1974. He was in private practice in Los Angeles, California from 1974 to 1975. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California from 1975 to 1979. Judge King returned to private practice from 1979 to 1986. At the same time, he acted as a hearing examiner for the Los Angeles Police Commission from 1980 to 1982.

In 1987, Judge King became a United States Magistrate Judge for the Central District of California. On April 27, 1995, President Bill Clinton nominated Judge King to be a District Court Judge for the Central District of California, a new seat created by statute. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 30, 1995, and received his commission the same day. He served as Chief Judge from September 14, 2012 to June 30, 2016.

In perhaps his most famous ruling, Judge King granted summary judgment in the case of Rupa Marya v. Warner/Chappell Music Inc. in favor of the plaintiffs, holding that defendants had no valid copyright in the song Happy Birthday, in a decision filed September 22, 2015.^[1]

Sources

George H. King at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

References

↑ Mai-Duc, Christine (September 23, 2015). "All the 'Happy Birthday' song copyright claims are invalid, federal judge rules". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 23, 2015.

Legal offices
Preceded by Audrey B. Collins	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California 2012–2016	Succeeded by Virginia A. Phillips
Preceded by Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089	Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California 1995–present	Incumbent

Current active district judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Alaska	Burgess Gleason 1 seat vacant

Arizona	Collins Jorgenson Campbell Snow Zipps Logan Tuchi Humetewa Márquez Rayes Soto 2 seats vacant

C. California	Phillips Real Wilson King Carter Anderson Walter Klausner Otero Selna Carney Fischer Guilford Gutierrez Wright Wu Gee Staton Kronstadt Fitzgerald Bernal Olguin O'Connell Birotte 4 seats vacant

E. California	O'Neill England Mendez Mueller Nunley Drozd

N. California	Hamilton Alsup White Seeborg Koh Davila Chen Rogers Tigar Orrick Donato Freeman Chhabria Gilliam

S. California	Moskowitz Burns Sabraw Hayes Houston Benitez Sammartino Anello Battaglia Bencivengo Curiel Bashant 1 seat vacant

Hawaii	Seabright Kobayashi Watson 1 seat vacant

Idaho	Winmill 1 seat vacant

Montana	Christensen Morris Watters

Nevada	Navarro Mahan Du Gordon Dorsey Boulware 1 seat vacant

Oregon	Mosman Aiken Brown Hernandez Simon McShane

E. Washington	Rice Peterson Bastian Mendoza Jr.

W. Washington	Martinez Leighton Jones Settle 3 seats vacant

Guam	Tydingco-Gatewood

N. Mariana Islands	Manglona

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