Stephen S. Trott

Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Trott received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University in 1962. As a freshman at Wesleyan, Trott was an early member of the folk music group The Highwaymen.{{cite web|url=http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/highwaymen|title=The Highwaymen|access-date=2009-04-07|publisher=pandora.com}} He received a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1965. He was a deputy district attorney for Los Angeles County, California from 1966 to 1981 and the chief deputy district attorney from 1975 to 1979. He was the United States Attorney for the Central District of California from 1981 to 1983. He served as Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division from 1983 to 1986, and Associate Attorney General from 1986 to 1988.{{cite web|url=http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1986/71586e.htm|title=Stephen Trott biodata|access-date=2007-12-12|publisher=Fjc.gov}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/trott-stephen-s.|title=Trott, Stephen S. - Federal Judicial Center|website=www.fjc.gov}}

Trott was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on August 7, 1987, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated by Judge Joseph Tyree Sneed III. "He reportedly turned down the opportunity to be nominated for FBI director, preferring the Ninth Circuit vacancy instead."{{cite web|url=http://www.metnews.com/articles/2004/trot050404.htm|title=Ninth Circuit Judge Trott to Take Senior Status|website=www.metnews.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040619170831/http://www.metnews.com/articles/2004/trot050404.htm|archive-date=2004-06-19}} He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 24, 1988, and received commission on March 25, 1988. He assumed senior status on December 31, 2004, and inactive senior status in December 2020.{{cite journal|url=https://www.njchs.org/wp-content/uploads/WLH-321.pdf|title=Idaho Judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals|journal=Western Legal History|volume=32|number=1|year=2021|last=Nelson|first=Ryan D.|author-link=Ryan D. Nelson}}

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• [http://video.wesleyan.edu/videos/video/3449857418001 Stephen Trott '62 and The Highwaymen at Wesleyan] (video) on the site of Wesleyan University
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