Leondra Kruger

Leondra Kruger
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California
Incumbent
Assumed office January 5, 2015
Appointed by	Jerry Brown
Preceded by	Joyce L. Kennard
Acting Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States
In office May 17, 2010 – June 9, 2011
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Neal Katyal
Succeeded by	Neal Katyal
Personal details
Born	Leondra Reid Kruger (1976-07-28) July 28, 1976 (age 47) Glendale, California, U.S.[1]
Political party	Democratic[2]
Spouse	Brian Hauck
Children	2
Education	Harvard University (BA) Yale University (JD)

Leondra Reid Kruger (born July 28, 1976) is an American judge who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California. A native of South Pasadena, California, she graduated from Harvard College and Yale Law School. Kruger then clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, and subsequently worked in private practice and as a professor. She served as acting Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States from 2010 to 2011, and worked in the Office of Legal Counsel. In 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown nominated Kruger to a seat on the Supreme Court of California. She was confirmed, and was sworn in on January 5, 2015.

Kruger was considered a potential nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States, following the announcement of Justice Stephen Breyer's intention to retire in 2022.^[3][4]