Janis Lynn Sammartino

Janis Lynn Sammartino (born April 24, 1950) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

Early life and education Sammartino was born in Philadelphia. She graduated from Occidental College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1972 and later from Notre Dame Law School at the University of Notre Dame with a Juris Doctor in 1975.

Legal career Following law school graduation, Sammartino worked as a law clerk for St. Joseph County Superior Court Judge Douglas Seely from 1975 to 1976. She was a deputy city attorney of San Diego City Attorney's Office from 1976 to 1994. Sammartino was a judge on the San Diego Municipal Court from 1994 to 1995. She was a judge on the San Diego County Superior Court from 1995 to 2007. and received her commission on September 21, 2007.