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title: Michael R. Wilner
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# Michael R. Wilner

Michael R. Wilner was appointed as a United States Magistrate Judge in 2011. Prior to his appointment, he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and a Deputy Chief in the Major Frauds Section of the United States Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2000, he served as a civil enforcement attorney with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Los Angeles and was appointed as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney. Prior to entering federal service, he was a litigation associate at Proskauer Rose LLP in Century City.

### Articles written by this author:

[![Consenting to magistrate judges in federal civil actions](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Wilner-istock-1143273918_e94f608b0d6a679b50f42eca497df944.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-march/consenting-to-magistrate-judges-in-federal-civil-actions "Consenting to magistrate judges in federal civil actions")

## [Consenting to magistrate judges in federal civil actions](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-march/consenting-to-magistrate-judges-in-federal-civil-actions "Consenting to magistrate judges in federal civil actions")

Magistrate judges regularly preside over tort, injury, and employment actions, whether removed from state court or involving a federal defendant

[Michael R. Wilner](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michael-r-wilner "Michael R. Wilner")

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