Since 2006, Jacqueline Chooljian has served as a federal magistrate judge for the US District Court, Central District of California.

A graduate of UCLA and the USC Gould School of Law, Chooljian worked in the US attorney’s office for the Central District of California as criminal chief and special counsel, from 1989 to 2006, when she became a magistrate.

Chooljian has also taught at Loyola Law School and USC. Currently she serves on the Board of the Los Angeles Federal Bar Association.