May 26 Lunch with Judge Bumatay

The Orange County Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society is honored to host the Honorable Patrick J. Bumatay of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Judge Bumatay, confirmed to the Ninth Circuit in 2019, has emerged as one of the federal judiciary's most distinctive voices on textualism, originalism, and the proper role of courts in our constitutional system. We hope you will join us.




When: Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 11:45 a.m. (registration), 12:00 Noon (lunch)

Where: 2nd Floor Conference Room, 2040 Main Street, Irvine, CA.

Cost: $40/members, $50/non-members, $20/students, for lunch and 1 hour of MCLE credit (the Federalist Society is a California State Bar approved provider of MCLE).

RSVP and Pay: To RSVP and pay by credit card, please visit the Federalist Society event page (link coming soon). 

To pay by cash or check at the door, send an RSVP to Tim Kowal at OCFedSocPresident@gmail.com identifying your lunch selection from the link above. Make checks payable to “The Federalist Society.”

About the Speaker:

Patrick J. Bumatay was confirmed as a U.S. Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in December 2019. He is based in San Diego, California.

Prior to his appointment, Judge Bumatay served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California, where he was a member of the Appellate and Narcotics Sections. He also served as a Counselor to the Attorney General on criminal law issues, including on national opioid strategy and combating transnational organized crime. Judge Bumatay has also worked in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, the Office of the Associate Attorney General, and the Office of Legal Policy at the U.S. Department of Justice. Judge Bumatay has twice received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award.

Judge Bumatay previously worked as an associate at Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, and Bohrer in New York, New York. Judge Bumatay clerked for the Honorable Timothy M. Tymkovich of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and the Honorable Sandra L. Townes of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judge Bumatay earned his B.A., cum laude, from Yale University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.

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