| Barry Ted Moskowitz | |
| Office: | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California |
| Term Start: | January 23, 2019 |
| Office1: | Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California |
| Term Start1: | 2012 |
| Term End1: | January 23, 2019 |
| Predecessor1: | Irma Elsa Gonzalez |
| Successor1: | Larry Alan Burns |
| Office2: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California |
| Term Start2: | December 26, 1995 |
| Term End2: | January 23, 2019 |
| Appointer2: | Bill Clinton |
| Predecessor2: | Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089 |
| Successor2: | Jinsook Ohta |
| Office3: | Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California |
| Term Start3: | 1986 |
| Term End3: | 1995 |
| Birth Date: | 17 August 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Paterson, New Jersey |
| Education: | Rutgers University (BA, JD) |
Barry Ted Moskowitz (born August 17, 1950) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
Moskowitz was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University in 1972 and a Juris Doctor from Rutgers Law School in 1975. He was a law clerk for Judge Leonard I. Garth on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 1975 to 1976. He was an assistant United States attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1976 to 1982. He was in private practice in Wayne, New Jersey from 1982 to 1985, and was then again an assistant United States attorney, this time in the Southern District of California, from 1985 to 1988.
From 1986 to 1995, Moskowitz was a United States magistrate judge of the Southern District of California. On June 30, 1995, Moskowitz was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California created by 104 Stat. 5089. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 22, 1995, and received his commission on December 26, 1995. He was elevated to chief judge on January 23, 2012 [1] He assumed senior status on January 23, 2019.