James E. Rogan

James E. Rogan

James Edward Rogan (born August 21, 1957) is a judge of the Superior Court of California, a law professor, an author, and a former Member of the United States House of Representatives from California. He also was United States Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, California State Assembly Majority Leader, a judge of the California Municipal Court, a gang murder prosecutor with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, and a civil litigator in private law practice. In January 2007 President George W. Bush nominated Rogan to be a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California, but the Senate failed to act on the nomination before the expiration of Bush's presidential term of office.