predecessor successor birth_place office birth_date term_start appointer article_title term_end name alma_mater
harry lindley hupp michael w. fitzgerald brooklyn , new york , u.s. senior the central district of california judge of the united states judge district court for the central district of california of the united states district court for 1943 july 11 , 2011 june 29 , 1998 bill clinton howard matz
 april 1 , 2013 july 11 , 2011 howard matz columbia university harvard law school
howard matz

a. howard matz -lrb- born 1943 -rrb- is a former judge on the united states district court for the central district of california .
matz was born in brooklyn , new york .
he received a bachelor of arts from columbia university in 1965 and a j.d. from harvard law school in 1968 .
matz clerked for judge morris e. lasker of the united states district court for the southern district of new york , and was in private practice in new york from 1970 to 1972 .
matz moved to los angeles with the law firm of hughes hubbard & reed , where he worked from 1972 to 1974 .
he served as an assistant u.s. attorney for the central district of california from 1974 to 1978 , and was chief of the special prosecutions unit from 1977 to 1978 , when he left to return to hughes hubbard as a partner .
on october 27 , 1997 , president bill clinton nominated matz to a seat on the central district of california vacated by harry l. hupp .
matz was unanimously confirmed by the senate on june 26 , 1998 .
he assumed senior status on july 11 , 2011 and retired on april 1 , 2013 .
