Aug 3, 2011
Obama Looking at Munger, Tolles Partner for 9th Circuit Seat
Munger, Tolles & Olson’s Paul Watford, an appellate litigator who has clerked for 9th Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has emerged as a leading contender for a 9th Circuit nomination, say lawyers with knowledge of the process.