nominated for the position in March 2018, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 27, 2019, and sworn into office on March 4, 2019. References External links California Courts – The Judicial Branch of California Los Angeles Superior Court Knights of Columbus Council 3449 – Judge Walter Desmond Interview with Virginia Desmond by Ann Andriesse on January 26, 1982 1876 births 1951 deaths American people of Irish descent People from Worcester, Massachusetts People from Long Beach, California Harvard Law School alumni California lawyers Judges of the California Courts of Appeal 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American judges Harvard College alumni