After graduating from law school, Scarsi was in private practice at the
Los Angeles-based
intellectual property law firm Christie, Parker & Hale (now part of
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie) from 1996 to 1998. From 1998 to 2007, Scarsi was in practice at
O'Melveny & Myers, becoming a
partner in 2003. In 2007, he joined
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, where he served as the Chair of the firm's Global Intellectual Property Practice and as the Los Angeles office's managing partner.
Federal judicial service On October10, 2018, President
Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Scarsi to serve as a
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Central District of California. On November13, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Scarsi to the seat vacated by Judge
George H. King, who retired on January6, 2017. On January3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under
Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the
United States Senate. On January 30, 2019,
President Trump announced his intent to renominate Scarsi to the district court. On February6, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. A hearing on his nomination before the
Senate Judiciary Committee was held on November13, 2019. On January3, 2020, his nomination was once again returned to the President under
Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. On January9, 2020, he was renominated to the same seat. On March5, 2020, his nomination was reported out of committee by
voice vote. On September14, 2020, the Senate invoked
cloture on his nomination by a 77–12 vote. On September15, 2020, his nomination was confirmed by a 83–12 vote. He received his judicial commission on September18, 2020. Prior to
President Biden's pardon of
Hunter Biden in December 2024, he presided over Hunter Biden's case related to tax charges. On September5, 2024, Scarsi accepted Hunter Biden's guilty plea to three felonies and six misdemeanors. Scarsi also serves as the judge in the lawsuit against UCLA related to the Israel-Palestine protests on campus. == References ==