- Occupation: Associate Justice
- United States Magistrate Judge, 1999-2009
- Federal Prosecutor (Assistant United States Attorney), 1989-1999; Deputy Chief of Section, 1994-99; Private Practice, 1985-89
- 2008 Judicial Excellence Award (by Mexican American Bar Association); Thurgood Marshall Award for Humanitarianism and Judicial Achievement, 2009
- Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service (generally recognizing fewer than ten federal prosecutors nationally each year), 1995
- JD, Yale Law School, 1985
- BA, Duke University, 1982
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