Lourdes Gillespie Baird
| Lourdes Gillespie Baird | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California | |
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In office August 12, 1992 – May 12, 2004 |
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| Appointed by | George H.W. Bush |
| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | George P. Schiavelli |
| United States Attorney for the Central District of California | |
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In office 1990–1992 |
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| Appointed by | George H.W. Bush |
| Judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County | |
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In office 1988–1990 |
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| Judge of the Los Angeles Municipal Court | |
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In office 1987–1988 |
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| Judge of the East Los Angeles Municipal Court | |
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In office 1986–1987 |
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| Personal details | |
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May 12, 1935 Quito, Ecuador |
| Alma mater |
Los Angeles City College University of California, Los Angeles |
Lourdes Gillespie Baird (born May 12, 1935) is a former United States federal judge.
Baird was born as Lourdes Gillespie in Quito, Ecuador on May 12, 1935, the seventh child of Josefina Delgado and James C. Gillespie. A year later the family relocated to Los Angeles, where Baird was raised a devout Catholic and enrolled in Catholic all-girls schools. After graduating high school, she went to a secretarial college before marrying businessman William T. Baird Baird, with whom she had three children. She then returned to school and went on to receive an A.A. from Los Angeles City College in 1971, a B.A. in sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1973, and a J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law in 1976.
Baird was an assistant U.S. Attorney of the Central District of California from 1977 to 1983. She was in private practice in Los Angeles, California from 1983 to 1986. She was a judge on the East Los Angeles Municipal Court from 1986 to 1987, on the Los Angeles Municipal Court from 1987 to 1988, and on the Superior Court of Los Angeles County from 1988 to 1990. She was a U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California from 1990 to 1992.
On April 2, 1992, Baird was nominated by President George H.W. Bush and a U.S. senator to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Central District of California created by 104 Stat. 5089. This was particularly impressive because she is a Latina and a Republican-turned-Democrat who was nominated by two white Republican men, ahead of "three highly qualified Republican male candidates." She was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 11, 1992, and received her commission on August 12, 1992. She assumed senior status on May 12, 2004, retiring completely on April 15, 2005.
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