Nora Manella

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Nora Manella
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Prior offices
United States District Court for the Central District of California

California 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 4

Education

Bachelor's

Wellesley College, 1972

Law

University of Southern California, 1975

Personal
Birthplace
Los Angeles, Calif.

Nora Manella was a judge for Division 4 of the California 2nd District Court of Appeal. She assumed office on May 22, 2006. She left office on January 31, 2023.

Manella ran for re-election for the Division 4 judge of the California 2nd District Court of Appeal. She won in the retention election on November 6, 2018.

She was first appointed to the court by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.[1][2]

Education

Manella received her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College in 1972 and her J.D. from the University of Southern California in 1975.[3][4]

Career

Manella was legal counsel to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution in Washington, D.C. before joining O'Melveny & Myers as a civil litigator. In 1982, she became a federal prosecutor. Governor Deukmejian appointed her to the Los Angeles Municipal Court in 1990 and Governor Wilson appointed her to the Los Angeles Superior Court in 1992. In 1994, President Bilil Clinton nominated Manella to be the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California.[3][4]

In 1998, President Clinton nominated Manella to fill the seat vacated by Mariana Pfaelzer on the United States District Court for the Central District of California and she was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. She resigned from the U.S. District Court on May 21, 2006 and was appointed to the California Court of Appeal by Governor Schwarzenegger. [5]

Awards and associations

  • 2014: Career Achievement Award, Los Angeles County Bar Association - Criminal Justice Section
  • 2000: Federal Judge of the Year, Century City Bar Association - Criminal Section
  • 2000: Wellesley College Alumna Achievement Award
  • 1995: Ernestine Stahlhut Award, Women Lawyers of Los Angeles
  • 50 Most Influential Women Lawyers in the United States, National Law Journal
  • 100 Most Powerful Lawyers in California, Daily Journal[3]


Elections

2018

See also: California intermediate appellate court elections, 2018

California 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 4

Nora Manella was retained to Division 4 of the California 2nd District Court of Appeal on November 6, 2018 with 78.3% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
78.3
 
1,993,585
No
 
21.7
 
551,067
Total Votes
2,544,652


2014

Manella was retained to the 2nd District Court of Appeal with 75.3 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014.[6] 

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