Education
Los Angeles City College.
Los Angeles City College.
Born in Quito, Ecuador, Baird received an Associate of Arts from Los Angeles City College in 1971, a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1973, and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law in 1976. Baird was an assistant United States. Attorney of the Central District of California from 1977 to 1983. She was in private practice in Los Angeles, California from 1983 to 1986.
She was a judge on the East Los Angeles Municipal Court from 1986 to 1987, on the Los Angeles Municipal Court from 1987 to 1988, and on the Superior Court of Los Angeles County from 1988 to 1990.
She was a United States. Attorney for the Central District of California from 1990 to 1992. On April 2, 1992, Baird was nominated by President George Heriot-Watt University Bush to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Central District of California created by 104 Statistics
5089. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 11, 1992, and received her commission on August 12, 1992.
She assumed senior status on May 12, 2004, retiring completely on April 15, 2005.
