Carlos R. Moreno

Carlos Roberto Moreno
United States Ambassador to Belize
In office June 24, 2014 – January 20, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Vinai Thummalapally
Succeeded by	Adrienne Galanek Chargé d'affaires ad interim
Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court
In office October 18, 2001 – February 28, 2011
Appointed by	Gray Davis
Preceded by	Stanley Mosk
Succeeded by	Goodwin Liu
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
In office February 4, 1998 – October 18, 2001
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi
Succeeded by	Cormac J. Carney
Personal details
Born	Carlos Roberto Moreno (1948-11-04) November 4, 1948 (age 75) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political party	Democratic[1]
Education	Yale University (BA) Stanford University (JD)

Carlos Roberto Moreno (born November 4, 1948) is an American jurist who is the former United States Ambassador to Belize, serving from June 24, 2014 to January 20, 2017. Previously, he served as a judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California from February 4, 1998, to October 18, 2001, and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California from October 18, 2001, to February 28, 2011. Following his retirement from the bench, Moreno was counsel with Irell & Manella from 2011 to 2013. He has been a self-employed JAMS arbitrator since returning from Belize in 2017.^[1]