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Rick Moskowitz

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Deputy Attorney General at California Department of Justice

  • Education

    • University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law

      1985 - 1988
      Juris Doctor Law

      Activities and Societies: Associate Editor, UCLA Law Review. Chairman, Jewish Law Students Association. United Jewish Appeal, Law Student Division.

    • University of Pennsylvania

      1981 - 1985
      Bachelor of Arts - BA Economics

      Activities and Societies: Staff Reporter, The Daily Pennsylvanian. Quadrangle Residence Board. Honor Roll, 1981 and 1985. Student newspaper and student government.

    • Williston Northampton School

      1977 - 1981

      Activities and Societies: News Editor, Willistonian Student newspaper.

  • Experience

    • McKenna & Cuneo (now Dentons)

      Jan 1988 - Jan 1994
      Associate

      Civil business litigation in state and federal courts with particular focus on procurement fraud, government contract disputes, environmental, and health care matters. Criminal defense in federal courts, including both white collar and indigent panel cases.

    • California Department of Justice

      Jan 1994 - Jan 1998
      Deputy Attorney General

      Assigned to Criminal Division, Los Angeles Appeals, Writs & Trials section. State criminal appeals and federal habeas corpus litigation, concentrating on post-affirmance capital murder cases.

    • Santa Clara County, Office of the District Attorney

      Jan 1998 - Jan 1999
      Deputy District Attorney

      Criminal and juvenile delinquency prosecutions in Santa Clara County trial courts. Obtained convictions for a wide variety of criminal offenses, including aggravated assaults and batteries, burglary, child abuse, child molestation, child pornography, domestic violence, driving under the influence, drug possession, elder abuse, false imprisonment, hate crimes, indecent exposure, rape, robbery, stalking, terrorist threats, vandalism, and vehicle theft. Tried 17 adult and juvenile cases to verdict. Show less

    • California Department of Justice

      Jan 2000 - now

      Assigned to Criminal Division, Los Angeles Appeals, Writs & Trials section. Criminal prosecution with focus on appeals in California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District and California Supreme Court. Habeas corpus litigation in the state Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Central District of California and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, with particular emphasis on capital cases and others requiring evidentiary hearings. Experienced in litigating cases involving mental health issues, allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel, and claims of actual innocence. Show less

      • Deputy Attorney General

        Jan 2012 - now

      • Deputy Attorney General

        Jan 2000 - Jan 2012

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

      United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
      Jan 1989

    • Admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

      United States District Court for the Central District of California.
      Jan 1989

    • Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States.

      Supreme Court of the U.S.
      Jan 2004

    • Admitted to practice in California state courts.

      State Bar of California
      Dec 1988

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Rick Moskowitz
      Associate Editor UCLA Law Review 1987