Judge Stephanie Christensen

Judge Christensen was appointed as a magistrate judge in 2023 and sits in Los Angeles.    

 

Before her appointment, Judge Christensen served in multiple roles at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, including as the Acting United States Attorney. 

 

A longtime litigator and trial lawyer, Judge Christensen has managed litigation in a broad array of federal defensive and offensive litigation, including constitutional torts, medical malpractice, employment, tax, class action, qui tam, fraud, civil rights, social security, bankruptcy, criminal, and national security matters. 

 

Judge Christensen has deep knowledge of cyber-security and intellectual-property litigation, including trademark and copyright infringement, theft of trade secrets, and economic espionage matters.  She has served as an Adjunct Professor at Loyola Law School teaching a Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes course, and on the Executive Committee of LACBA’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Section. 

 

Judge Christensen served as a Temporary Judge for the Los Angeles Superior Court handling unlawful-detainer and small-claims matters.  She was a litigation associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Sandra S. Ikuta of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and to the Honorable Gary A. Feess of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 

 

Judge Christensen received her J.D. from the UCLA School of Law and her A.B. from the University of Chicago.