Honorable Erica Grosjean

Adjunct Faculty of Law

erica.grosjean@faculty.sjcl.edu

Education

J.D., Harvard Law School
B.A., University of California, Berkeley

Courses Taught

Civil Trial Practice
Constitutional Law I
Constitutional Law II
First Amendment
Pre-Trial Civil Litigation
Prisoner Rights

Judge Grosjean was appointed in October 2015 to the Eastern District of California as a U.S. Magistrate Judge. She presides over various federal cases involving such issues as prisoner civil rights, employment discrimination, social security, Americans with Disabilities Act, and habeas corpus. She also handles criminal pretrial matters as well as settlement conferences.

Prior to joining the bench, Judge Grosjean worked as a partner for the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart and Sullivan, in New York and Los Angeles, where she litigated across a wide range of areas of law, including structured finance, patent infringement, contract, antitrust, misappropriation, insurance, securities, unfair competition, constitutional law, and fraudulent transfer.

Judge Grosjean also clerked for the late Ninth Circuit Judge Herbert Y.C. Choy.