Hon. Magdalena Reyes Bordeaux

Hon. Magdalena Reyes Bordeaux is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of California in Riverside, appointed on Jan. 18, 2022. Before her appointment, she was a supervising senior staff attorney with Public Counsel?s Debtor Assistance Project, where she managed the nation?s largest bankruptcy pro bono project. Judge Bordeaux was a Ninth Circuit Lawyer Representative and served as an elected member of the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference Executive Committee. She also was an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School, an executive board member of the California Lawyers Association?s Business Law Section, and a board member of the Latina Lawyers Bar Association. Judge Bordeaux has written numerous articles on bankruptcy issues, and she has received several awards recognizing her work and scholarship in bankruptcy law, including the President Emeritus Henry J. Sommer Scholarship Award and the Thomas B. Donovan Public Excellence Award. She received her B.A. from the University of Calirnia, Irvine and her J.D. from UCLA School of Law.